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[camper]

@kelsey91 Merry Christmas to you too. Your ukulele is smiling also. I enjoyed listening to your tune.

[camper]

@jayton Merry Christmas. At 0.21 the bounce in your playing was really cool to listen too. Nice playing and I liked the soft tone of your ukulele.

[camper]

@lyndallk Music does heal us in a special way. Hope you have a full recovery from the virus that is going around the world. Merry Christmas.

Are those your paintings? They look very nice from what I can see of them. 🙂

[camper]

@dividedsky A little struggle of expression around the 1.00 mark of video. “cute”. But that always leads to happiness when that challenge is met with success. Merry Christmas. Oh, well played too. 🙂

• This reply was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by camper.

[k_ra11]

I’M A PREMIUM MEMBER

Thanks Andrew and everyone at ROCKCLASS101 for another wonderful opportunity to get outside of my comfort zone. So in the 11th hour, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when my low G electric ukulele pick-up toggle switch got smashed rendering it not able to be amplified. So I took a chance and just played the song without amplification…it’s difficult to hear but I hope it still counts. Mistakes were made but I always have fun with these challenges!

[blind_man_dan]

I am new to the ukulele and this is my first time posting here. I think my playing would sound much better on a new $6000 ukulele 😉

[maryjanew]

I am a Premium Member

I did my best since being sick but here is my terrible “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” chord melody.
Andrew, I contribute $51.50 to Ukulele Kids Club every Christmas season, thanks to you!

[ksapp92]

I AM A PREMIUM MEMBER

This is my first post on the forum! This one’s a tough one for me. I’m not one to post anything that’s not as polished as possible (usually on flute), so making myself vulnerable enough to post a video still very much in progress is very challenging. I picked up the ukulele for the first time three months ago and only learned about chord melodies when I happened to stumble on RC101 a couple weeks ago. I was fascinated by the style and wanted to learn it, so I started one of the December challenges. I definitely bit off more than I could chew, but overall I’m pretty proud of what I accomplished in a couple weeks.

[digbybare]

I AM A PREMIUM MEMBER

Chose a simpler song this month, but also had less time to practice. Flubbed a note near the end.

Had a lot of fun learning this song, though. More than I expected. It’s been a lot of fun learning with RockClass 101 the last few months, and I’m looking forward to the contests next year.

Happy holidays!

[omaon4]

I am a premium member

🙂

[Andrew]

@jayton – Great performance! Couple little hesitations in the second melody, so that’s where I would target your practice moving forward. Although it doesn’t sound like it would take much practice to smooth out 🙂

@kelsey91 – That was awesome, Kelsey! So much fun to listen to 🙂

Keep working on those ending chords. They are tricky being so high up the neck!

@k_ra11 – Oh no! But you know what, you still rocked it unplugged! It was excellent overall!

Keep working on those last few bars. They are tough with all those pull-off licks.

@blind_man_dan – Great playing and awesome first post! I’d like to hear a little more steadiness in the tempo. Try tapping your foot along as you play. That’ll help keep the beat 🙂

@maryjanew – Oh no! I’m sorry to hear you are feeling under the weather, MJ. But BIG props for playing it tonight and practicing when you haven’t been 100%. Your playing was beautiful and exuded Christmas cheer 🙂

I hope you feel better soon and TY so much for your generosity!

@ksapp92 – Wow! I’m very impressed with how well you played after only a few months of playing. Def keep doing what you’re doing, it’s working!

One area I’d like you to look into is proper left hand form when barring chords. Check out this lesson for an explanation on the fundamentals and this one for an all-out boot camp on them.

@digbybare – Awesome performance, well done! 👏

@omaon4 – Great job, Helga! Keep working on that second melody and try to memorize the piece. That way you can focus 100% on playing it. Which is super helpful as this tune jumps up/down the neck.

[Andrew]

We did it! We crushed the Fall Challenges!

265 members participated in our last 3 challenges and I have been blown away by everyone’s performances! Thanks to each and everyone of you who participated.

I’ll be announcing the winner of the Kanile’a Ukulele tomorrow LIVE at 12 pm EST (Check Your Local Time Zone) on our YouTube channel at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_PGVIrcxZs

P.S. There may be a bonus trivia entry awarded tomorrow, so def don’t miss the live stream 😉

Here is a list of everyone who participated this month. Please let me know if there are any discrepancies.

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deadbuggy
deadbuggy
gstriph
gstriph
clempek
clempek
shmu88
shmu88
leb397
leb397
mikeramsey2
mikeramsey2
rebeca
rebeca
jgillard
jgillard
morrieuke1
morrieuke1
brettboy
brettboy
rafaela
rafaela
kidelozzi
kidelozzi
dianna
dianna
jbmills07
jbmills07
gi_gi_
gi_gi_
abster
abster
zongozongo
zongozongo
katazumiri
katazumiri
yukalele
yukalele
leslieb
leslieb
lhamilton
lhamilton
marlongas
marlongas
madz_about_uke
madz_about_uke
mark1256
mark1256
bibilele
bibilele
terryfallon3
terryfallon3
dal08260
dal08260
joe150
joe150
misterbones
misterbones
akukes73
akukes73
jedart
jedart
jody_hendrickson
jody_hendrickson
karenj
karenj
ccwuke
ccwuke
gisele
gisele
richo_uke
richo_uke
mkstewart67
mkstewart67
joannetala
joannetala
ldarrow
ldarrow
moonshine
moonshine
gmflin8
gmflin8
hiouke
hiouke
just-in
just-in
sir_anzalot
sir_anzalot
lynnzo
lynnzo
laurakarr12
laurakarr12
june2020
june2020
lbilkie
lbilkie
janaq1
janaq1
dermango
dermango
nelsonlin2021
nelsonlin2021
ukulelee
ukulelee
lynettejd
lynettejd
cimarronsailor
cimarronsailor
krajisunny
bekosau
bekosau
riley_ukulele
riley_ukulele
johanna2509
johanna2509
coffeemug
coffeemug
jebergeron
jebergeron
henri0
henri0
suekulele
suekulele
biancak
biancak
antotonin
antotonin
concan
concan
ninajordan
ninajordan
robinboyd
robinboyd
ukandrea
ukandrea
kdeacon7
kdeacon7
dividedsky
dividedsky
lyndallk
lyndallk
jayton
jayton
kelsey91
kelsey91
k_ra11
k_ra11
blind_man_dan
maryjanew
maryjanew
ksapp92
ksapp92
digbybare
digbybare
omaon4
omaon4

[puppylovesuke]

Premier member but epic upload failure. I know this doesn’t count.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone!

[lyndallk]

Thanks @camper. My mother did those paintings. She died about 10 years ago. She loved saying “I held my first paintbrush when I was 90 years old” A wonderful woman!

[littlegeorge]

Very nice!

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