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Happy Holidays my fellow Ukulele Players! [I’m a premium member.] I took on The Christmas Song this month. Such a cool arrangement! Hope you like it 🙂
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Here’s my attempt at the Christmas Song. I learned a lot doing it, but I forgot thos was a short month. I need another week on this song. Oh well, here it is.
This was a lot tougher for me than I thought it would be. Here it is, warts and all, my entry into the December challenge with Carol of the Bells.
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Love the arrangement, so much fun to play. Lot’s of little things that I want to improve on myself but have run out of time to record before the holidays 🙁
Your feedback will be appreciated.
A safe and happy holiday to you all, best wishes for the new year.
I just want to add: your website is awesome, the quality and variety of offerings is second to none. I am really looking forward to continuing next year.Here is everybody on page 6!
ccwuke – Great Job! Technique and feel sounds awesome though out the piece. Keep it up!
mozcyc – Awesome job! Very consistent and steady. I enjoyed listening! Keep up the great work!
ukulelee – This sounds great! I actually really enjoy the slower tempo of this piece. I always hear it played fast but this has such a cool vibe slowed down. I heard the slightest bit of fret buzz so just make sure your fingers are playing right in the middle of the fret and with enough force! keep up the great work!!
robinboyd – Awesome job! The harmonics were a nice tough. Not much to really say other than keep it up!!
amylilley – Great Job!! There are a couple chord changes I would maybe focus on just a little bit. The part at 0:40 there is a slight hesitation as you get your fingers ready for that. One thing I do all the time is add some rubato to slow the part down naturally as I prepare for the next chord change. It’s kind of a sneaky way to do it while still sounding nice and natural. I do it all the time for sections where there’s a change i can’t get to super quick. Overall you sounded fantastic !!
katazumiri – Great job!! One thing I would pay a little attention to is the last note of the main melody. As you switch chords the last the note of the melody is a little too short. All the notes should be the same duration or else it can sound a bit choppy. It’s not a huge deal but it will make everything sound more polished!! Awesome Job overall!!
gmflin8 – Awesome job! I would work on some of those chord changes a little bit and watch out for that stubborn fret buzz. Make sure each finger is placed on the middle area of the fret with enough force and that should fix that. Great job and I love the background!!
Here is everyone on Page 7!
addilein – Great job!! I noticed a few notes in the main melody were being cut short slightly, so work on those notes and getting everything at the same duration and that particular part will sound much clearer! Sounds awesome though. I love the tone of that uke!!
annemarie – Great Job!! Not much to really say here. I enjoyed listening. Keep up the great work!!
yukalele -Sounds great!! Love the tempo and feel you played through out. Keep it up!!
ebetsimo – Fantastic job!! Those trills sounded great as well as the whole performance. I really enjoyed listening. keep it up!!
lissid – Great Job!! Only thing I can think that can clean it up a bit is to watch your muting technique. As you’re switching chords with the melody, the open strings ring out as you move your hand. It’s a very common thing when doing chord melody style playing, so working on your music is a great thing to do in order for things to sound smooth all the way though. Sounds awesome!!
rockmyuke – Sounds great!! You nailed the feel and the flow of the tune. I would just work on making all the notes sound clearer. There’s a few here and there that get slightly muted or cut off. So just be aware too that as you play and practice. Over all it sounded fantastic!
kanae926 – awesome job!! Not much to say other than I really enjoyed listening. Keep up the great work!!
unclemymy – Awesome job! I would mainly just focus on the percussive slap. I think it is slightly too hard for this particular tune. So Practice and see if you can still do it, but control the dynamic of that slap a little bit. It’s a super cool thing to add to your playing but it can be challenging to do it within a chord melody arrangement. You’re almost there though so keep up the great work!!
rufio0 – Great job!! Technique and everything sounded great. Only thing I really noticed was that low G string was flat. So just be careful with that! Tune again and again until the string is stretched and holds tuning. Otherwise killer job!!
@simonalexander – Wonderfully played, Simon! You may want to dial the level back a bit when recording so it doesn’t clip (distort).
@brettboy – Great groove, Brett! I’d work on the spots that were tough transitions/lost the tempo – but overall it was awesome and the bell was a nice touch!
@willymac – Well done, Brian – I enjoyed your performance a lot 🙂
@jedart – You did very well overall, Jed! One tip: keep the bass notes in those double stops held down as you finish the rest of the measure so that it sustains throughout.
@beauke – Great playing overall! The only suggestion I have is for the phrase from 31 to 39 seconds. The last note in each of those measures, you play very staccato-y. Keep your finger pressure held down so they maintain the vibe of the rest of the piece: sustained.And TY so much for the kind words, really appreciate it!
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Here is my submission of Carol of the Bells played on my baritone ukulele. This song was so much fun to learn! As I continue to work on it, I hope to improve my playing of it and increase the tempo a bit.
I love watching everyone’s videos and wish you all Happy Holidays!
Jane
@dividedsky – Sounds great on baritone, Jane and lovely playing! I have one observation to share: listen to the section from 11 to 28 seconds. Every first beat of each measure you’re accenting (plucking) very loud. Now contrast that to how you played the rest of the tune, which was much softer. I’d use that same lighter approach for that section.
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Hello everybody! It took me some time but here’s my take on The Christmas Song!
I loved the arrangement by Evan, quite tricky in some parts for my current level of playing but fun to learn! I made (and probably kept making!) a few mistakes here and there, but it sounded like the best take I managed to do.. At least on camera! 😄
Merry Christmas to everybody and best of luck to all participants for the Kanile’a draw! 🤟🏻
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