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Here’s everyone on page 10 that I hadn’t gotten to yet.
@mysticrick – You played it beautifully Rick! That’s a really cool and great sounding vintage instrument too! I noticed your thumb stretches to the left a lot of times while you are playing. For ex, during the chord in bar 3 and 4. So I made this graphic to show how it’s better to keep it inline with your index when barring. That’ll make it much easier to fret those melody notes on the A string. You’ll have a lot more dexterity. I’d also recommend using form 1 for that section.
@lynnzo – Fingerpicking sounded great, Lynn! The only thing I’d suggest is practicing with Matt in the tab player to help you stay steady and eliminate any pauses or hesitations. Start by playing along at 70% or 75% speed.
@jazzyj – Here is my feedback for you:
@rgillof – I think you nailed the feel and vibe of the piece, Richard! Stylistically, though, I’d suggest using less rubato. At times, there was a bit too much, which can make the rhythms less recognizable. I would instead recommend using a structured/themed approach for rubato. Here’s a video I made for another member for this song. It talks about this concept in detail.
@yvonneb – Beautifully played, and your timing was spot on! I’m excited to hear more of your performances in the future! 🙂
@janaq1 – Triplet picking technique looks and sounds fantastic! You’ve definitely got it down, and it’s so cleanly played—actually, the whole piece was! I mentioned in a previous post that Theme 3 gave me a hard time, and I think that’s what you were referring to as the toughest part. But honestly, it didn’t look like you struggled with it at all like I did. Impressive work, Jana!Here’s everyone on page 11:
@jebergeron – Great job on this one! You definitely have a nice feel and consistency on the travis picking! I notice that you are adding a slight pause before the walk ups/downs in the melody at 0:12 and 0:34. It is very slight, but if you can remove these pauses, the etude flows a touch more smoothly. You have mastered the overall point of the etude, though! Keep it up, you are doing a fantastic job!
@shelle – You are off to a great start on this one! You have the style of assigning each finger to a string and are getting a clear sound out of each note! The timing on this one is a little tough, as it’s hard to tell the counting based on the pattern. This song is in 4/4, though some aspects of the pattern may make it tempting to feel it in 3. This might lead a note or two to be skipped as our brain is trying to fit the song into a different feel. I recommend revisiting this one and counting slowly to make sure you don’t miss a note in the pattern. Say “one and two and three and four and” while you play to see if the notes are lining up where they should (most of the times you hit 2 notes at the same time are on beats “one” and “three”). You are doing a wonderful job!
@potter – Great playing on this etude! You have a great feel and every note sounds very clean. Your technique looks correct and relaxed as well. Keep up the great work!
@gi_gi_ – You play this one very nicely! Any time it helps to play slowly, I am all for it. I think you learn more from practicing slowly in time than trying to play faster than you are ready for, and it is a nice tempo for the piece as well! Your finger picking looks great, and there were very few hesitations throughout. Keep it up, you’re doing a great job!
@nelsonlin2021 – You are doing a great job on this, though you might be overcomplicating the first part of the melody by playing it at a different/faster rhythm than on the original. The original rhythm for the first 7 notes is “one (e) and a two e and a…” It may help to practice the piece at a slower tempo to get this rhythm solid before speeding it up to where you are. It may even help to use the tab play along at a slow tempo. If you can play it as quickly as you are, this should be much easier once you practice the original rhythm. You are doing a fantastic job, I hope this makes it a little bit easier to play.
@ukulelee – Very nice performance on this one! You have such a relaxed feel and a steady rhythm. The dynamics are also very appropriate on this one! Keep it up, this sounded nice and peaceful!
@keeevo – Nice playing on this etude! Your playing is solid, and so is your timing! For an extra challenge you could try adding volume swells by starting the piece quietly and play gradually louder for a couple of measures and then get softer for the next two or so. Keep going, you did a fantastic job on this one!
@swissconsinboy – That was a very creative way to approach this one with the guitar loops! It sounds very nice. To really get the most out of this etude, I recommend playing through it very slowly with the fingers assigned to the strings in the original. This pattern is a bit challenging, but it can add a lot of variety to how you approach finger picking. Keep it up, you’re doing a great job!
@mkstewart67 – You have a nice sound on this one, and you are doing a great job throughout! There is one slight difference in the rhythm: on the beat 3 of the first measure, the strum is held out just slightly longer since it is a dotted eighth note. This changes the flow of the piece slightly. The easiest way to learn this rhythm is to play it along with Evan slowed down slightly. Other than this one detail, you have the piece down! Keep it up, you’re playing this one very well!
@mmoynihan – You are doing a great job! It’s not easy to play with a swing feel, but you are getting the idea, especially on the first melody! On the section at 0:22 the rhythm is just a touch different: the swing rhythm means the first of the pair of 8th notes is held out and the 2nd of the pair is short -so play that pair as “long short”, while the grouping of 3 “8th notes with a number 3 on top” are triplets, which is more like three of the “short” notes in a row. Since this concept is a slight bit difficult, it may help to listen closely to the original at a slower tempo. You’ve got the rest of it down, keep it up!
@frederic – Very nice work on this one! It’s a tough pattern to get down, and you kept it at the full tempo all the way! Great work on this one!
@olemartin – Great playing on this one throughout! I like the relaxed tempo you chose for this one, and you did a great job all the way through! Now that you have this down, try speeding it up gradually as you continue to work on it for an extra challenge.I am a Premium Member
I am proud of my self, I was able to memorize this piece. I find it incredibly challenging as retention is unbelievably hard for me. I was please with my delivery of a good portion of this. Some lovely notes rang out (others not so much lol)
I realize this is a simple piece for most, but I got it! Happy day 🙂Darn…missed the deadline! I waited to post until the last day of the month so I could get in as much practice as possible. Then, of course, had technical difficulties that had never occurred before during last minute upload. Lesson learned! Wanted to share Etude 29, anyway, since I worked on it all month. Very enjoyable! Thanks, Andrew, for the great tune! 🙂
Hello everyone.
I just wanna say that, you all were amazing and you all did your very best and keep going. You all are gonna get better and better.
Congratz to you all.
We’ll see what december is gonna bring to us.
@grannieannie
Thank for including Abster in your elite list..
he is thrilled. It will motivate him to work harder.
We love your playing!@leb397 thank you! I tried to add it five times and I couldn’t see it too, so I’m glad it’s finally visible. It turned out I submitted my entry without a word… This is Fingerpicking etude 36 and it was very pleasant to learn:)
@marianne
Lovely playingThanks @leb397, @grannieannie and @abster!
You are all doing wonderful. It is so thrilling to see so many lovely submissions.Here’s everyone on page 12:
@anikali – Great work on this song! Your technique is spot on, and your tone is great as well! Melody A sounds solid, and Melody B is just a bit tricky at this tempo. My suggestion would be to play the piece at a slightly slower tempo to work out the hesitations transitioning from Melody A to B as well as being able to clearly execute the trickier parts of B. You have the fingerpicking down, it’s just a slight bit of left hand speed at this point. Keep it up, you’re doing an excellent job!
@Nico_uke – Very nice job on this one! You have the speed and the hammer-ons and pull offs sound clean! With a little bit more work on this, you will be albe to relax enough to stay locked in with the rhythm track throughout, though it takes time to develop the consistency. You are doing wonderfully so far!
@heike_uke – Great playing on this one! You are doing the fingerpicking very well, and the notes sound very clean! A slight suggestion that may help you in the long run–you don’t have to leave the melody notes down while shifting to the lower notes in the first melody. If you watch Andrew’s performance, he moves his hand to prevent stretching/contorting the left hand. This might prevent soreness in the hands in the future. It might be slightly harder to make it sound as legato this way at first, but in the long run your hands may thank you! Great work on this one, keep it up!
@abster – Fantastic job on this one! It’s great to be learning styles like the Blues at such a young age! You are doing a great job getting the feel on this one. It would be cool to hear you play this one to a backing track with some swing drums. This will help you to keep the feel you have at the beginning of the song all the way through the ending. Keep it up, you crushed this one!
@kelsey91 – You are doing a great job of getting the hammer ons and pull offs on this one! I like that you memorized a lot of it. Sometimes it helps to play at a much slower but steady tempo as it gives you time to think of what is coming ahead. Try playing at about 75% of the speed you started this take, and see if it gives you the chance to remember each upcoming section while staying in time. You’re very close since you have most of it memorized at this point. Keep up the great work!
@k_ra11 – I am very impressed with your dynamics and technique on this piece! You have perfected how to swell into and out of each phrase while keeping the fingerpicking VERY consistent! Beautiful work on this one! Just a tiny bit of work on a couple of the harder chord transitions, and you have mastered the whole piece! Fantastic job on this one!
@giveittomebaby – Great job on this one! If barring that G chord is not working well, I recommend using the normal G chord instead, using the pinky stretched for both the 5th fret and 7th fret notes of the melody, or just shifting quickly into the normal G VERY quickly instead of barring. It might be slightly harder to keep the smooth transitions between the notes, but it might be smoother than forcing the barre if it’s just not working for you. Keep up the great work!
@bibilele – Very nice job on this one! You kept a very consistent rhythm throughout, and the notes came out clearly! Keep working this one up to speed, as this picking pattern has a wide range of uses in other songs!
@anya09 – You are playing this one very well so far! The finger picking sounds nice, and the notes are coming out clearly! Now it’s time to work out a few hesitations on certain chord shifts. If you notice you are pausing a little bit because of this, practice just playing the measure before the tricky chord through the measure with the chord slowly. Once you can keep a steady pace while getting into the new chord shape, gradually speed up the tempo until it matches the tempo you started the song at. You’re doing a wonderful job, keep it up!
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