Participate in the August 2020 Member Challenge – Theme: Songs You Requested!

[Catherine]

Hello everyone,

I AM A PREMIUM MEMBER

Here is my submission for the august Challenge.

I am also working on Wonderful Tonight. If it is OK, I would like to try to submit for the feedback.

Cheers

[Andrew]

@Catherine – Very well played! I like the change in tonal coloring when you switched from thumb to fingerpicking and back. That was a great idea! Keep up the great work 🙂

[Catherine]

Thank you very much Andrew for the feedback! I will do so!

[biancak]

Hi Andrew,
Here comes version 2…
Faster, more fluid, with a couple of notes mixed up (memory fails…) and even though bar 29 is still uncertain at least it’s different from the first submission 😀
Bianca

I’m a premium member

[Andrew]

@biancak – Awesome! You’ve got it down now, way to go 🙂

[biancak]

Thanks Andrew! 🙂

[johanna2509]

Here is another Rainbow Connection. I had a busy month, that’s why I chose an easier tune. I wasn’t a big fan of this song at first, but now I really like it!
I hope the sound this time is better. I recorded with the front camera of my phone again (last month I used the main camera), thus the quality is not that good, but the ukulele sounds louder.

So here it is:

• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by johanna2509.

[Andrew]

@johanna2509 – Well played, sounds beautiful Johanna 🙂

[johanna2509]

Thank you Andrew 🙂

[katazumiri]

Hello everyone!

Here is my “Rainbow Connection”:

Have a nice day!

[Andrew]

@katazumiri – Well done! Playing sounds great, at this point I’d working on boosting the tempo ever so slightly to help develop speed. Start gradual – 5 or 10 bpm and when comfortable, continue increasing it another 5 bpm.

But the big thing I want to point out is the way you’re holding the ukulele. It’s placed directly in front of you and angled almost vertically. This is not good proper holding form and puts your wrist in awkward positions, as well as, limits mobility/dexterity.

To work on this – I’ll paste a video I made for another member below, but I’d also recommend reviewing these 2 lessons: here is the first and second lesson.

[cinichol]

Apologies if this has been asked 9,874,546,432 times before, but…any chance we could see next month’s challenge early? 🤓

[Andrew]

@cinichol – They always come out on the day of or 1 or 2 days earlier 🙂

[cinichol]

Thanks Andrew. I’ll try to be patient lol. You’ve got the best learning site on the web by miles.

[Andrew]

@cinichol – Thank you so kindly! Really appreciate it 🙂

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