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Very well played @Abster !
You did a very good job on this difficult piece ! CongratulationsHere is the everyone on the rest of page 4:
@bibilele – That was a very nice take on Clocks! You are playing each section very well over all. It seems like just a tiny bit of work on transitions between sections is all that’s left. Getting into the piano riff variation is tough! I recommend isolating measures 20 and 21 and practicing just that spot slowly to master shifting into the upper register. Keep it up, you sound great so far!
@marianne – Wow, that was an awesome performance of this one! You have the perfect amount of reverb for this song, and I’m impressed by the tone you are getting out of your ukulele in addition to your playing! You have a great feel on this one, and are executing the tempo changes and dynamics very well. The only spot that might benefit from a bit of extra work is measure 21. That hammer-on/pull off figure is meant to be played just a bit faster, so once you work it up to the main tempo of the song, you have mastered the whole piece. Excellent work on this one!
@1481632_m – Great job on this one! I’m glad you didn’t let the barre chords deter you. You seem to have the notes under your fingers at this point, and now it’s time to work on the rhythm a bit. My main suggestion is to make sure to hold the notes out long enough at the ends of phrases. It may help to practice this one with a metronome at a slow and steady pace. Make sure to count the space between the end of one phrase and the start of the next to allow the song to “breathe” between each phrase. You are doing a wonderful job, keep it up!
@leslieb – You are playing this one well so far! The next step is to work on playing the song with a steady tempo. I recommend playing at a slightly slower tempo than you currently play intro so that you can play the other sections without hesitating as well. It might be best to play with the Tab Play Along at 50% speed, then gradually work it up to 75%. This will be a bit easier than playing to a metronome. It’s a bit of extra work, but it can help your performance flow smoothly from beginning to end. Keep up the great work!
@jedart – Great work on this one! You have the notes down, now it’s time to practice this one at a slow and steady tempo to keep the flow of the song consistent from beginning to end. Try playing this one with the Tab Play Along at 50 – 75% speed. In addition to the consistent tempo, 50% speed might give you enough time to maneuver your hand on the last chord to see which notes aren’t ringing as well and fix it as you are playing. Keep going, you’re doing a great job!
@lhamilton – You are doing a great job on this one so far! You have the Piano Riff up to full speed, and I can tell you have all of the sections under your fingers fairly comfortably. Now it’s time to play the song just slightly slower to keep the tempo consistent throughout each section of the song. Try using the tab play along at 75% speed and make sure not to get ahead on the parts you know best. Keep it up, you are doing a wonderful job so far!
@otzepeng – Very nicely played! You did a great job of keeping a steady tempo when the song called for it, and gradually slowing down in the correct places. You have a good handle of the notes as well. Just a bit more playing and you will work out the tiny mistake and any notes that weren’t clean. Keep going, you’re basically there!
@gstriph – That is a beautiful uke, and it has a nice sound! You played this song well! You have the notes down, now it’s time to work a bit on the rhythm. After the first chord, the next 4 notes are evenly spaced. The rhythm in the first measure is couned as “one (rest) three and four and,” where we hold out the chord through beat two, but play the other notes a bit quicker without pausing before the last one. There are other spots where the rhythm could use a bit more work like this one, but just getting this one part correctly will help the song flow smoothly. Keep working on it, you sound great so far!
@karenj – You are doing a wonderful job on this one! I like that you focused on a consistent tempo over playing the song at full speed. The cool thing about this song is that it sounds great even at 75% speed. Overall, you are succeeding in keeping the tempo consistent. Keep going, you’re doing a great job!
@ukandrea – Wow! I love that you did this on piano and uke! They sound great together, and you are doing a fantastic job. Due to the nature of the arrangements being different, there are a few places where I would alter certain aspects of the ukulele part to match the piano even more: A few of the chord hits and melody notes are anticipated on the piano arrangement, where the ukulele waits for the next down beat. In these particular spots, It would be reasonable to alter the ukulele part ever so slightly in addition to the swing feel you already captured. Excellent job on this one!
@anyon1 – Very nicely played all the way through! It’s tough to keep a consistent tempo throughout, but you were super close! My biggest advice on this is to pick your starting tempo based on the speed you feel the most comfortable playing the most difficult part of the song. It seems like you slowed down slightly for the bridge, but sped back up for the piano riffs. I would rather you slow down the piano riffs and keep the bridge where you feel comfortable. Other than that slight tempo shift, you nailed this one! Awesome job on this one!Thanks, Stephen! It’s a lovely piece and I’ll keep with it. I probably didn’t spend as much time with it as I should have this month — a U-bass arrived early in the month, and I’m having fun getting to know it a bit.
Linda
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It is terrible but it’s there. I’ve been a member for about 2 weeks, working my way through this. It was sounding pretty good until I turned the recorder on and I fell apart. Seventeen tries later it’s getting worse so will try again and keep practicing. I may never be able to play in public but that’s not my goal. Maybe need a class on performance anxiety. 🙄
Stephan,
Thank you for the recommendations. I have been trying to use the Tab player and I need to practice more. Thanks for the input.Life is good,
LeslieHi RockClassRockStars,
Here is my best take of Where is my Mind. Love the Pixies and love this Uke arrangement. Thanks for the great lessons 🙂
Thanks @otzepeng, @The_Bumble_Bard, @leb397 and @Stephen ☺️
Wonderful submissions from everyone!@lhamilton – Let me know if you have any U-Bass questions. I’m happy to help if I can!
@leslieb – The tab player is super helpful! There’s no better way to know if you are playing the parts correctly than to play along with it at slower tempos. Cheers!I AM A PREMIUM MEMBER
Here’s my go at Dream a Little Dream. I’m still waiting for the index-finger barre callus to develop, so it seems like a lot of my strings are plunking, not ringing. Also, it doesn’t help when I’ve played through the piece so many times that my fingers get tired, lol – I’ll start adding more barre practice to my warm-up routine, and maybe one day . . . Thanks for pushing me out of my comfort zone with these monthly challenges, and for your kind comments and gentle suggestions. So glad I discovered rockclass101!
Thanks, @Stephen! I’m finding the U-Bass fascinating. The circle of fifths built into the tuning so beautifully! I bought a Journeyman Acoustic-Electric U-Bass and a small bass amp and love the tone. I’d always been curious about bass playing and how it was done. I’m working through Sokolow’s Bass Ukulele Method at the moment and applying what I’m learning to accompanying simple music soundtracks in various keys that I have.
Linda
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@ldarrow – You are doing a great job on this one so far! You have a pretty steady tempo on the “Piano Riff” sections, and you do a good job of getting back to that tempo within the verse and the bridge. Now it’s time to focus on transitioning into each new section, and then spending just a bit more time focusing on the rhythm in the bridge. It’s fairly difficult, but it’s just the beginning and the end of this section that could use a bit more attention. You sound good on this one, keep it up!
@addilein – You are doing a great job on this one so far! You have the notes under your fingers, and you are getting a clean sound out of each note and chord. I know that Matt has a rubato/freely flowing tempo throughout this piece, but I believe it would still help a bit to play this one to a metronome first, and then take liberties with the speed afterwards. One thing I notice is that notes at the ends of phrases are getting cut short on occasion, sometimes even by a beat or more. If you practice this piece while counting to a metronome (without the tab play along in this case), you will have a clear idea of the rhythm. Then you can play with a rubato feel like Matt, while keeping the rhythm closer to the way it’s written. You’re doing a wonderful job so far, this will just help the song to flow naturally.
@mmoynihan – You are doing a fantastic job on this one! You are keeping a very steady tempo, the notes are coming out cleanly with a great tone, and you know each section. One thing to spend a bit more time on is the rhythm of the bridge section of this song. It may help to count and clap the rhythm a few times and focus on just one to two bars at a time. This section has a very syncopated rhythm, and it’s very helpful to count, then clap, then play though such difficult passages. You’re doing an excellent job, keep it up!
@The_Bumble_Bard – I was not aware of the Drewmpa Loompas…but that sounds hysterical! You’re off to a great start on this one! I imagine it’s a good bit harder to play on the electric ukulele, and you’re doing great: especially with the hammer-ons and pull-offs in the middle of the song. One thing that’s harder on the electric uke is that the notes sustain a lot more and depending on the eq, certain notes stand out more than others. It might be worth experimenting with the tone options on the ukulele as well as the amp to find a tone that’s more even accross the strings. You’re doing well, keep up the great work!
@emiliano – I really enjoyed your rendition of Clocks! You incorporated those strumming techniques very well, and it added a lot to Matt’s arrangement to create your own. Fantastic job on this one!
@andyrose – That was a great rendition of this song as well! I like the intro you added, and I thought it was great that you challenged yourself to throw in different chords/voicings here and there. You kept a consistent tempo througout, and played this one very well! Great work!
@janaq1 – Very nice take on this classic! I like that you as well as Andy added an intro on this one, and I really enjoyed your addition of triplet strums and the ending as well. You have a great feel on this song, and you incorporated the thumb and strumming effortlessly. Great job all around!I AM A PREMIUM MEMBER
Thank you for holding this event! It provides a useful push to continue learning! I am not so glad of the result this month, but I am glad that there is a result!
@Stephen, ha, yes, well, not many people have heard of the Drewmpa Loompas because, well, there was a slight interruption in the timeline – the series of events that led to their creation via ukulele-based cloning (or UBC). @gi_gi_ and I had a plan in place and @Andrew, being a clever and resourceful fellow with powerful, ukulele-wielding friends, thwarted our schemes. Little does he know that that’s only what happened in this dimension…
…Ya know? 😂😅
Anyway! Thank you so much for the feedback! It was so much harder to play that song on the electric uke because of the reason you mentioned. I may have to mess around with the settings, hopefully I can figure that out. Thank you so much for the encouragement! 😊
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