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Here is my attempt at White Christmas. Not my best effort on this one but the best recording I have of it and I am conscious the deadline is looming. I like playing this at a slower tempo as I think it sounds better. My memory failed slightly near the end so a bit of stop start there. Also I found the G to AM7 chord change a little tricky. My fingers seem to fall over themselves a bit but I have added it to my list of chord changes to practice.
Thanks to Andrew and the team for the site and all the lessons and tutorials. I really feel it has helped me improve as a player in the few months I have been here and I am looking forward to what 2020 has to offer.
Happy holidays everyone.
Jason
Peaceful Holidays to everyone.
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Greensleeves submission. I love this song. I paused before a couple places. I don’t normally, but didn’t want to start picking it apart and recording over and over. (Didn’t want to cut it down to the wire either,) this take was okay enough. Played with a new reverb to test it out. I got distracted by the voice leading lesson and was doing a bunch of other theory stuff this month so I could have gotten this a bit cleaner then I did.Good luck to everyone. Hope Stephen gets better soon!
Hey @becky7777 was that hammer pull on the C string at 19 seconds intentional? I really like it.
@robinboyd -Yes! Thank you. It’s a left hand trill. (Or whatever the non-classical term is for it) I’m not super at them, but they give the piece a bit more medieval feel.
Is that what they are called? I know how to do them, but I don’t recall ever learning the proper name for them.
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Hi Andrew, attached is my submission for December which is ‘Greensleeves’. My low G string feels and sounds like I’m playing a rubber band. I’ll be switching up the string set after the holidays.
Merry Christmas,
Marion@robinboyd – Yes, sorry. “Left hand trill” is correct, but it’s not what you call it outside classical music from what I remember, there’s another term for it. Trill, in general, just stuck with me because it’s what I stumbled across first. The other term is the more common one I think?
Tell Tiff her submission was awesome btw. Love both your forest recordings!
Hi Andrew, this is my submission for december “White christmas”, this is my arrangement so I wonder if it is qualified or not.
Have a happy holiday everyone!@yukalele – LOL! I love the family participation! So fun. 😁👍
Here is everyone on page 16. AJ will post feedback for pages 14 and 15 tonight.
wongbrown – Beautiful playing! There were a few pauses or gaps between phrases, which are the only things I can suggest to work on. Keep up the great work and thank you very much for the kind comments! I really appreciate you participating in so many challenges, Sheila 🙂
richo_uke – Here is my feedback for you 🙂
awiealissa – I dig the changes you threw in there 🙂 It’s interesting that you asked about timing, because this was something I talked about in a video I made a couple days ago for another member (@smokealot) in this post.
Watch the video I made for him and watch the video I linked in his feedback text. It’s a really interesting way to approach being in-time, but “bending” it to get a different feel. I think you should experiment with this concept 🙂
cyberloh – Great job! I thought it was a solid performance. Couple things I would work on:
1) Timing wise – the phrases have the correct rhythms, but as they connect from one to the next, it sounds like your timing is in “free time”. I’d work towards keeping a more consistent tempo throughout.
2) Watch out for pulling the third string down on the partial barre major chords (X655). That will make it sound Sharp/Out of tune.
olemartin – Well done! I’d recommend slowing the tempo down, which allows the melody to shine more. Also, try a lighter attack with your right hand. Lighter plucking and strumming produces a sweeter, soft tone.
stinyuke – Excellent performance, Christina! Fantastic job on the sustain and the melodies were beautifully phrased together. Great job on the subtleties! It’s a joy for me to listen to how far you have come from the first video I watched from you. Keep up the great work and enjoy that uke – it sounds phenomenal!
yukalele – HAHA, I’m guessing that’s your wife at the end, and I think she perfectly summed up what I would tell you 🙂 Great job on the re-arrangement and thank you for the humor!
ukukelley1 – Well done, Sheryl! The parts that you have memorized, for example, the phrases leading to the double stop walk up/down and after, is so well played and exudes emotion. I think you’re kicking butt in that area. The only thing you really need to do is just memorize the piece fully, that way there is no interruption in your playing. Keep up the great work!
maryjanew – Wonderful job, Mary! I think a great challenge for you would be to memorize it. And I don’t think it would take very long based on what I’m hearing. Try this: Play an 8 bar phrase while looking at the music. Then play it again w/out looking. If you stumble, look at the music and start from there. Don’t move on to the next eight bars until you have it completely memorized.
@jazzitup – that was awesome! Major arranging props 🙂 I wish I could count it, but I can’t bend the rules. But seriously, you’ve got a fantastic skill!
@becky7777 – Thanks. Tiffany cheated and recorded in the back yard, though 😉
@Andrew:Thanks a lot for the feedback. Really appreciate it being specific. Good to have something to work on.
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