Participate in the August 2026 Member Challenge – WIN $549 Kala Ukulele

[leb397]

A few comments:

@anyon1 thank you for your kind remarks on last month. Note I used my LarkM2 mic as did @cyman_t and @gi_gi_ . I was able to fix the sound fading in/out on their app. Really helped with hearing the harmonics. Btw Cayman, loved Loke Lani, very pretty.
Oh and gi_gi look forward to St James. Cool song.

@otzepeng congrats on Andrew posting your entry. Very nicely played.

@joe150 want you to know I can really hear your improvement. Aura Lee is such a pretty song.

@patizon totally agree, who isn’t happy Travis picking anything! Good entry.

@heike_uke that’s a great Etude. I loved playing that. You did it perfectly.

Last @brettboy how are you healing? Has to be frustrating. Get well.
Louisa

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[misterbones]

My choice for this month was the Entertainer. As it is a vintage tune, I thought it was appropriate to pick my most vintage sounding instrument to play it on, seemed like a natural fit.

[heike_uke]

@leb397 Thank you. I loved to play it too.

@misterbones I am impressed. Very well played. I hope that one day I’ll be able to play just as well.

[martin_19]

Here is my entry for the August Challenge, Aura Lee. I hope it’s good enough. I’m still working on my timing and rhythm and will continue with your course.

Martin

[gi_gi_]

@heike_uke yes your Oli sounds so good. Nice job.

@leb_397 nice job on those harmonics. They’re tricky. I am so regretting choosing St James Infirmary. It’s more difficult than I realized. I still can’t believe Evan was 14 when he played that sooooo well. He’s amazing.

@martin_19 Welcome. You played well and even memorized it. Nice job

@misterbones Your submissions are always stellar. That looked so difficult.

@joe150 kudos for playing 2 songs.

[leb397]

@gi_gi_ I’m always amazed at Evan’s young talent. St James is slow, I’m sure you’ll get through.
I don’t think the harmonics would have come through without the microphone. A work in continued progress.

@misterbones you remind me to pick up my banjo Ukulele. “Sting” sounds so cool.👍 Louisa

[cyman_t]

@leb397: Thanks for the kind words. And nicely done with these harmonics too.

@joe150: Listening to you I understood something very important for me as a musician. I feel very grateful for both your contributions.

Inspiring contributions @patizon and @misterbones.

@Andrew: Thanks for the suggestion: I’ve never thought of using the synthetic mode before and it was very helpful: I kept working on that triplet strum and slowly heard and, I hope, understood what I was during wrong both regarding the rhythm and my right hand gesture.

I also noticed 2 things:
1. There are slight differences between the pdf tab and the tab player (bar 9 and 26): at first I was confused with that but in the end it opened my mind to the many ways to choose and play a same tune. Very interesting perspective for later times.
2. For some reason my “natural” way of playing this song is the 1st version I posted. Sticking to the tab requires an effort. Maybe I’ll find out why some day.

Anyway, here is the last version. Feedback for improvement is welcome 🙂

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[lhamilton]

Hi,

This month I decided to work on Gymnopédie. I’d worked on it a few years ago and was wanting to try it again. As with last time I played around with some harmonics.

Linda
I am a premium member

[gi_gi_]

@cyman_t Wow! Those triplets were amazing.

[otzepeng]

@cyman_t : …totally agree to @gi_gi_ . What a great improvement … bravo!

@martin_19 : Welcome! It’s always “good enough” if you play through and have the courage to share it here with us. Have much fun on your Uke-journey! 🤙🏼

@leb397 : Thx a lot, even if i’m not so glad with the take. Great, that the mic’s helped you out hearing the harmonics – but there just as good as you played them 🤗

Finally @misterbones : Just awesome. This one ist sooo long on my “Pillar of got-to-play-it-someday”. You really did justice to it and encouraged me to give it another try. 👏🏼

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[yukalele]

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Hi everybody,

August always has a lot going on and this one is no different. I’ve only got two days to play and submit my entry before I’m off again. So I’ve picked Song 2 – a finger picking Etude from Matt – which I actually played laarnt month when I started the course! Cheating or what…

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