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August 4, 2023 at 12:14 am #58325
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Participant@deadbuggy – Love your song! Get well soon.
August 6, 2023 at 9:43 am #58326rebeca
ParticipantยกAy,ay,ay,ay, canta y no llores!
Thank you for this wonderful arrangement. I Love it!
@deadbuggy: I wish you a quick recovery. Amazing submission and sense of humor as well ๐August 6, 2023 at 12:15 pm #58327lisadmh
ParticipantHere’s mine. I love this one. I’m slightly off tab here and there, but I like it. I hope you do too. Adapted to low G – that was the hardest part, but I only play low G these days.
August 6, 2023 at 12:50 pm #58328annemarie
ParticipantRebeca, that was lovely
August 6, 2023 at 1:16 pm #58329The_Bumble_Bard
Participant@rebeca, that was so beautiful! You have a lovely voice indeed. ๐ It’s crazy how talented everyone on this site is. ๐
@lisadmh, that was so pretty! Y’all making that one sound so good, I may want to learn that one, and not because I question my ability to learn the Willow song in time, but I’ll try. ๐ ๐ฅบAugust 6, 2023 at 1:33 pm #58331August 6, 2023 at 6:57 pm #58332jbmills07
ParticipantFor my second post this month I went with “My Heart Will Go On” and Rocksteady (“Rocky”), decided to join me for this one lol
Thanks to all for the very kind feedback on my first post this month!
@The_Bumble_Bard Thank you as always ๐ and I am not going to lie, doing an entire song starring into the camera is something I might try one of these days lmao!
@nat-uke Thank you so much! I look forward to seeing your post. It really is a beautiful song to play, and it humbles me that I might have helped motivate you to choosing it!
@dianna I am not going to lie, I learned that song right when it first dropped on Rockclass101 and have been waiting for it to be a monthly challenge!! lol Also, that is NOT in fact the new uke. Funny story, but I have wanted a Kanela’e for a while now and I ended up seeing a great deal for one on E-bay, and of course, just a couple of days after it arrived in the mail is when the announcement came out that I won the challenge! lmao. Guess I should have waited a little longer… But I chose the custom build with a low G, so now I have two and I am very happy! I will for sure be showing it off when I get the custom built ukulele!
@leb397 thank you! And I will for sure keep the smiles coming ๐
@Andrew Thank you as always Andrew!
@deadbuggy As always, you have blown me away with your post. You are truly amazing and I always look forward to seeing your performances!August 7, 2023 at 4:10 pm #58341The_Bumble_Bard
Participant@jbmills07, another beaut!! You add so much to that song by playing with feeling, as you always seem to. Rocky is 100% adorbs!! I can’t even. ๐ป I must go adopt a cat now, I have no choice, my landlord won’t notice (she would). ๐๐ Very lovely playing, though!
Side note, I just tested it, and My Heart Will Go On has high clawhammer potential; it scores an 8 or 9 on the CP scale. But I must learn at least one song as written… I know it’s good ‘n’ right to do that, to color inside the lines. I have big time problems with that, man, not just with music. ๐ ๐๐ฅบ
August 7, 2023 at 4:35 pm #58342leb397
Participant@jbmills07 agree with TBB. Great feeling. Isnโt it the way that you had just purchased the Kanelaโe. Exciting you chose the custom prize. Canโt wait to hear you play. Iโve Been working on My Heartโฆ too and sustain isnโt easy.
@the_bumble_bard you crack me up ๐ Iโm trying Beneath the willow at same time as My Heartโฆ probably need to focus more ๐ณ. Anxious to hear what you play. Already some great entries this early in the month! That bum ditty isnโt easy with cord changes!August 7, 2023 at 4:56 pm #58343The_Bumble_Bard
Participant@leb397, haha, awww, thank you! I always look forward to seeing your entries, too! It’s so much fun to see what everyone does. Even though it’s the same songs, everyone’s is a little bit different. ๐
I’m also trying to learn BMBTW and that’s so dang tricky. For me, it was super hard to figure out the rhythm initially. I had to listen to the lesson many times, even so far, to grasp it, because I need to have it in my head to play it. I’m not good at reading the music and learning the rhythm that way. Also, memorizing all the patterns is so tricky because they are all very similar. Besides being rather whiny, I think it’s such a beautiful song, so it’s worth the struggle. ๐ I’m also going to learn Fields of Gold now in case I fail at BMBTW. ๐
And also My Heart Will Go On in clawhammer………….. ๐๐
August 7, 2023 at 4:58 pm #58344dianna
Participant@jbmills07 that was beautiful! Rocky was the โRoseโ to your โJackโโฆโฆloved it!
Also, you canโt have too many ukuleles, especially when they are Kanelaโes๐
August 7, 2023 at 5:03 pm #58345leb397
Participant@dianna ๐ so true Rocky was actually hugging @jbmills07
Yes @TBB Iโm struggling listening over and over with vocal. Wish we had option to mute while learning because at 50% it sounds reeeeeeeellllly bad. Making me want to ๐ซ.
We shall overcomeโฆ well itโs a good start at leastAugust 7, 2023 at 5:10 pm #58346The_Bumble_Bard
Participant@dianna, that’s so true!! Rocky is Rose! So precious! ๐ ๐ป
@leb397, do you mean that the vocal was distracting from hearing the clawhammer part? Oh yes, if you slow it down that much, I feel like that would really distort the sound. Yes, we shall prevail! Just keep taking it slow. ๐๐I actually wanted to try singing the Willow song but then I realized……. I can’t sing, whoops. ๐
August 7, 2023 at 5:16 pm #58347leb397
Participant@the_bumble_bard yes, I depend on the play-along feature and always work up speed so the vocal is an issue for me. Ditto of me singing ๐
Enjoy. Had a great rainy practice day๐
August 7, 2023 at 5:55 pm #58348rebeca
Participant@annemarie: Thank you for your kind words!
@The_Bumble_Bard: Your words mean a lot to me since I had never dare before to submit anything that required me to sing ๐I love how supportive this community is.
@lisadmh:You make it sound fantastic on low g
@Jbmills07: Beautifully played!-
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