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@ben-j283 – Beautiful playing and excellent ritardando at the end. A fantastic first entry! I look forward to watching more of your performances 🙂
@ksapp92 – You played it beautifully! For that transition, or any transition that you need a little extra practice with, try stripping away the music (i.e. the fingerpicking pattern). And just work on moving between the two chords:I’d also recommend taking it a step further by using a metronome. Set it to a simple rhythm, for example, strumming on beat 1 and 3 (half notes).
@jbmills07 – This was very good, Justin! Excellent clarity in the notes in the H/O & P/O licks. Timing and feel was spot on. You even nailed the fancy rhythm strum at 1:09! I am continually impressed by you!
@dividedsky – Beautifully played, Jane 🙂
@omaon4 – That was awesome, Helga! You played it so well!! My only advice is to memorize it so you can focus 100% on your playing.
@sarahmusic – Even with the underwater audio (lol), your playing still shined through! Great job this month 🙂
@mkstewart67 – What! A double take with both instruments! So cool! I sent Stephen your bass performance, he’s gonna love watching it!Both takes sounded great! I really enjoyed watching them. Keep up the great work, Melissa!
@gisele – Both takes were great! I love that you use a metronome. Keep up the great work, Gisele 🙂
@gracme2 – Your video is showing as private. Can you please make it public? Here’s how to change the privacy setting.
@jody_hendrickson – Your performance was awesome! I was grooving in my chair watching it 🙂And yes, definitely pick up a copy of transcribe. It’s so useful and totally worth it!
@gracme2 – Thanks for making it public 🙂
Your playing sounds great! It was beautifully fingerpicked and an excellent first challenge post! It sounds like a little more practice will smooth out the very minor hesitations. Keep up the great work!
Etude #3 played on my Ohana Baritone with Tenor Octave strings (GCEA)
I practice this Etude on my Romero Tiny Tenor and my Lanakai Concert but I really like how it sounded with the octave tenor strings!My right hand fingers go their own way on picking song like this, that’s why I wanted to practice it. I didn’t get it right at the beginning of the video but I kept playing it until I almost got it all right!!😜
@Andrew Thanks a lot for your feedback! 😊 I only realized my “too much movement” with the left hand when I watched the other entries. 🙈
@cartoonnatalie – You played it beautifully! A great first challenge post 🙂
One thing I want you to work on is proper holding technique. I’ll embed a video I made for another member a few years ago on how to hold the uke. Additionally, here is another lesson and one more covering this topic that I recommend reviewing.
@maryjanew – I love your interpretation, MJ! It reminds me of “We Are Gonna Be Friends” by the White Stripes. Well done this month! 🙂Thanks Andrew. I’d be lost without the metronome. It always surprises me just how far adrift I can get when I don’t use one with things I struggle with.
We BLEW AWAY our participation goal with 62 members participating this month! Big congrats to each and every one of you! I loved hearing everyone’s performances! Y’all did SO well! 🙂
So without further ado, the winner of this month’s challenge is ** drumroll **
Our February Challenge is LIVE: https://rockclass101.com/february-2023-challenge
The theme is Mini Lessons and we’re giving away a VERY unique ukulele! Hope to see everyone in the challenge!
@Andrew Thanks for pointing this out. I was practicing the piece on 75%, couldn’t imagine increasing the speed so had a few days’ break away from it and then when I tried again, I realised I could do 100%. Honestly, I didn’t even notice that I unconsciously traded in the pull-offs for the extra speed :DDD
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