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@The_Bumble_Bard – That was awesome Rachael! Great playing and arranging!
@Andrew, thank you so much for taking a look at it! Like I was saying, I probably could get the minor section to be a bit more accurate if I listened to the original a few more times or looked at the music, but I think it can work as it is. The one thing that I think could be better is if there were a few more chords with three notes in that section, instead of 95% double stops (I think they’re called, two notes together), but none of the chords I tried sounded quite right. Anyway, thank you, it means so much that you like it! 😊 Oh, I was going to say, I added in the extra minor section and tried to play it as perfectly (and dramatically) as I could in a feeble attempt to impress you, if this is the last challenge that you’ll be actively giving feedback on. 😅😅
“If this is to be our end, then I would have it be SUCH an end as to be worthy of remembrance!”
If you know that quote off-hand, then we can probably be best friends immediately. 😉 😅
@grannieannie, thank you so much for that! It’s so helpful to hear those things. 🥰 That is the strange thing I’ve learned with anxiety in different contexts is that a lot of the time, other people really can’t tell how anxious you are even when, in your mind, you’re disconnecting from reality (dissociating) or having a panic attack, which I literally have had happen, one time for sure during a virtual open mic when I was playing uke. 😅 I was playing in front of Aldrine Guerrero with my dumb-dumb level music, so I think it’s fair. 😅😅 @Gi_Gi_ understands, but she’s spent a lot more time with Aldrine than I have. It wasn’t just him, there were at least 20 other people there, live. But, I think it is really good to experience things that terrify you so you can see that you can make it through those things, and they become less monstrous and inhibiting over time. Boy, do I know that from experience. If you experience a lot of anxiety, you get pretty good at hiding it until you can’t anymore (i.e., a full-blown panic attack, fainting, or dissociating). But now I see recording this way as LESS anxiety-inducing because you can do multiple takes as opposed to playing live, but it still takes extra effort to record yourself compared to playing for funsies by yourself. Sorry, rambling over, but I always have a lot to say about that topic. 😅The first and third section I have had in my brain and fingers for a while, but never wrote them down. The middle (minor) section is brand new. I actually did finish the tabs for the whole thing already somehow, but it was in a previous post in this thread, even including the new section. Now, I want to try to get an even more perfect take if possible, then create a video with the tabs on screen. That’s my “final boss” goal for this month. 🙂 Did you make a post for what you’re doing this month? Did I miss it? Hope you join in! Thank you again for the encouragement and sorry for the novel! 😅🥰
@The_Bumble_Bard: Yes, I posted about my goal for this month, writing my own song. Problem is, it’s become such an ear worm as I’m working on it that it’s acting as background music throughout the day, as if my brain is afraid I’ll forget it. Enough already! It’s so baked into the folds and creases of that part of my anatomy, I fear it’s never going away. Now I just need to get my fingers to make the tune sound as flawless as it appears in my head!
@grannieannie, oh yeah, I remember reading that now, but I think for some reason I didn’t fully comprehend that’s what you meant! Lol. I’m really excited to hear that! I think it’s really fascinating how different people create and also just what they create. I’ve talked to the instructors here quite a bit about that topic because I’m very curious about, again, just the process of creation for different people. Really looking forward to that! 🙂
The way you’re creating your tune is similar to the way I sometimes have created original tunes: I hear or imagine a melody in my head, then try to figure it out on the uke by ear. Not sure if that’s exactly how you’re doing it, but that’s one way I create tunes. 🙂 Another is just messing around, noodling around, then arriving at something interesting. I think many people create that way. I know there are other people who create in a more “mathematical” way, thinking about the different chords and notes specifically as if they would be written, which I find so interesting.
Hi everyone!
Here comes a short update on my progress 😊
I had to make a couple of fingerpicking adjustments to Matt’s arrangement so the song sounds good with a Low G ukulele. Check!
The strumming pattern is awesome—I really love it—and it only took a couple of days to learn. Check!
What I still struggle with the most are the chord changes. My fingers have always been a bit clumsy—ever since I picked up my first guitar when I was a kid—so this has been a lifelong companion. I’d really like to get past this invisible hurdle that always seems to be there. If anyone has advice, tips, or exercises that helped them improve fluidity and confidence in chord transitions, I’d love to hear them.
Thanks so much!
/Michaela@The_Bumble_Bard: Same here. I often make up little tunes to go with what’s happening around me, and I’ve started recording them so I don’t lose them. I have to compose by ear because of an odd little neurological tic (once-perfect pitch that has shifted by a minor third, something that happens with age, apparently), which means I can no longer read notes on the page (and I can no longer play on a keyboard) because my brain wants to hear something different from what the notes actually are. So I write in the tabs according to what the frets sound like to me and I write in the notes as I’m “hearing” them, but if I wanted to write the notes as they actually are (in proper notation), I’d have to go through the laborious process of transposing each one down a minor third. I don’t know if that makes any sense, but it’s a good little challenge for me (who always found music easy).
@mickan88 – Have you seen Matt’s lesson on this topic?
Hi guys here is my second update of progress on clocks better than the previous one but still lots to work on not sounding very nice…
Hi,
I’ve managed to learn and memorize the clawhammer version of Under the Double Eagle this month. It’s fun to play.
Linda
I am a premium memberMy Late Week #2 Update 😁
I’m learning fundamentals of u-bass and have switched fron Ukulele Wales to Stephen Cox’s YouTube lessons for consistency (because he’s also here in Rock Class). Uke Wales is great; I’ll probably check there from time to time, but Stephen’s great too.
—> I’ve just started Lesson 7: Major and Minor Scales, but still working a bit on 6: Grid Warmup.
Didn’t realize that bass would be harder than regular uke in terms of fretting and plucking hand coordination. It’s fine; just a bit surprising. I played a little guitar as a kid, so that might be why regular uke felt natural from the start.
So since early Jan. I’ve done ultra basics like holding, tuning, and other, with some note learning which I started over at Uke Wales and will finish with Stephen’s Lesson 8.
—> I’m also learning “3 U-Bass Lines for 12-Bar Blues.” Coming along fine, just trying to make myself slow down and emphasize accuracy over speed. I always want to go too fast!
@malku2603 – Fluidity and transitions are sounding much better! Keep up the great work, Akansha!
@lhamilton – That was awesome, Linda! I’m gonna share your performance in our newsletter this Friday 🙂Hi All,
Here is my progress so far with Pink Panther (the first 16ish bars only). I have worked on the slides, hammer-ons, and pull-offs quite a bit. There are a few “licks” that I need to clean up and I will use this week to work on my timing by playing with backing tracks. Also, I need to figure out the end section which is weird, like, rhythmically? I always feel like I have trouble with rhythm.
I have given up on using my felt picks for this song. The left-hand stuff is complicated enough; coordinating my right hand with the pick doesn’t seem that realistic by the end of the month.
I’m linking via Dropbox because it’s the fastest way for me to share. Hope that’s ok.
@jlchow – Could you post the video via YouTube? Creating an account is easy and free: https://www.youtube.com/create_channel
Happy Friday everyone!
Thank you @Andrew for the link to Matts tutorial. It was very helpful. Matt is really my favorite teacher because he always explains everything so well, talks about how be most efficient. I have practiced a lot this week and the chord changes have become much more fluent.
I guess I’ll practice a couple more days before it is time to hit the record button. Until then – happy weekend to everyone.
/Michaela
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