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  • #13955
    debber90
    Participant

    It’s coming along nicely….thanks Andrew for this months song. Here goes.

    #13956
    Andrew
    Keymaster

    Wow Deb, big improvements! You are rocking now! Please share your practice routine and how you applied changes, that will def help other members 🙂 Keep up the great work!

    Donna, you and Deb are cracking me up with the smiles 🙂 Very well played! I can tell you put a lot of work into it, bravo! I do have one piece of advice for you, it’s actually the same thing that I pointed out for ser_ser in this post. Take a look at that video as it addresses some tips to prevent the C string from ringing out when playing the first note of the song.

    #13958
    brabbit
    Participant

    Maaaany takes for me too @donnaukulele!

    Here’s my go:

    #13959
    ellieukulele
    Member

    hey im having trouble uploading my video..any help?

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by ellieukulele.
    #13962
    Andrew
    Keymaster

    Hi Ellie, listed under “Ground Rules” in our first post, members are required to self-host their video or audio files.

    For video, I recommend YouTube. It’s free and easy to set up. Here’s a link to get started: https://www.youtube.com/create_channel

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    Great playing brabbit! I do have one suggestion for you, which is the same thing that Deb is working on: Timing. You have a tendency to speed up and slow down, but the goal is to keep our timing constant. So I would recommend to watch and read the advice that I left for Deb and apply it to your practicing for this song.

    It may be best to slow it down a notch while you practice. Focus on playing and counting out the rhythms along with a metronome or the on-screen tab viewer. Let me know if you have any questions and keep me posted on your progress. Keep up the good work!

    #13968
    debber90
    Participant

    Hey Andrew and the rest of you ukulele nuts!

    Andrew, you want me to talk about how I practice. Well, I have to say it’s a developing process. But, your advice to slow down, count out the beats and play with your scrolling music thingy really gave me some direction. So, I really really slowed the tempo, and focused on the rhythm. When I did that it just began to come together. In my practice sessions I’ve done this with everything I’m practicing and I realize how much I enjoy that very slow, but very precise playing. Your comments reminded me to slow down and enjoy the experience! Thanks Andrew.

    #13974
    ellieukulele
    Member

    #13976
    Andrew
    Keymaster

    That’s great Deb! Keep it up, you are rocking!

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    Wow, amazing Ellie! Very well played 🙂 My only suggestion for you is to work on smoothing out some of the transitions in the second melody, but other than that, bravo! Keep up the good work!

    #13978
    andsant007
    Participant

    I did not do exactly the same, put a little of my way, but, the whole essence comes from the lesson you taught

    #13979
    Andrew
    Keymaster

    Well done andsant007, bravo! I always encourage everyone to feel free to put your own spin on these arrangements, I dig what you did!

    #14002
    michalina
    Participant

    I’ve done my best, but the tone at the end wasn’t clear this time. This is my first melody learned at your webside. I like it very much. 🙂

    #14003
    robinboyd
    Participant

    Hi everyone. I’m new here. I’ll be honest, the only reason I’m here is because last week I was trying to work out the Stranger Things theme and your video came up when I googled it. I still haven’t bought paid membership because I’m poor, and I think I was able to reverse engineer the tune from the free video (or maybe not. You tell me.) I’ll probably get paid membership when I have money and when I get stuck (I can see myself getting stuck very quickly when I start trying to learn Hedwig’s them). Anyway, I figured if I was learning the song anyway, then I might as well enter the draw.

    This attempt at the song is far from perfect. I stumble once or twice and the pull-offs are not clean, but from what I understand, this is a random draw, rather than being based on quality, so I’ll upload it anyway.

    #14005
    ambre_uke92
    Member

    Hi !
    So I tried The Stranger Things theme, because it’s one of the best show ever !!
    I know it’s not perfect but I want to try “Hedwig’s theme” too, so I need some time.

    I don’t know if it’s okay with the video because it can only be seen by the lick, and if it’s a problem don’t forget to tell me Andrew ! 😁

    (Sorry if my english wasn’t perfect, have a nice day !)

    #14019
    Andrew
    Keymaster

    Great job Michalina! You picked an excellent song to start with 🙂 I do have a couple suggestions for you. First, you may want to slow down the tempo just a touch to focus on cleaning up a few of your notes. The song has a haunting feel, so a slower tempo actually works really well for it. Second, go back and check your chord work at 0:46 as a couple of those chords were incorrect. Overall, I think you did a really excellent job and I really enjoyed watching your performance!

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    Fantastic job figuring that out on your own Robin! Very well played 🙂 I think there was one section that you cut short, other than that it was great. I’m glad you entered the challenge, but I do want to stress that the prize is just a fun aspect of these challenges. The real reward is that we are getting better as players and coming together as a community. I know what it’s like to not have much money, so I’m giving you a month of Premium membership for free. Keep up the good work!

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    Awesome job Ambre! And you even did the Fade Out, so cool. Speed and note clarity sounds great, keep rocking!

    #14020
    robinboyd
    Participant

    Thanks. I’ll have a look to see what I cut short. I didn’t mean to suggest I was just in this for the prize. I just meant that I’m glad I don’t have to stress about being awesome. I can just relax and play and post a video and see what happens.

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