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@rickeymike thanks! 🙂
Ahh yes, thank you for the feedback @Andrew. I often get so nervous that if I play more softly it just won’t come through loud enough in a recording, not to mention the fact that I also just sometimes lose sight of dynamics when I’m making a recording. But you’re right the dynamics of a piece, and especially in this piece are crucial to the overall feel. I will work on being more intentional with it and thank you for the suggested approach 🙂
@Andrew, thanks for the feedback! This one feels so good to play, but it never sounds as good when I listen back. All the same, I love playing it. I want to try more soloing. It’s a different skill set.
Thanks so much for the feedback @Andrew! Much appreciated! I do tend to struggle with maintaining the swung feel throughout an entire song. I will definitely give the single note approach a shot, and will run through the Swung Vs. Straight Rhythm lesson you recommend to try to dial it in. As for the strumming approach, I was never really fully cognizant of it before but now that you point it out I realize that I do tend to rely almost exclusively on the harsher nail strumming approach in my chord playing. I notice that in many of his lessons Matt will utilize the softer sounding fleshy thumb strum, and I will try incorporating that more into my playing in general, and particularly so with this piece.
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lbilkie – Hey Ilbilkie. Great video and good song choice! First off good job learning all the chord shapes and getting the song structure going. Your Uke tone sounds nice as well! Now 1 thing that can really bring this performance to the next level would be adding more of that swing feel into play for this song in particular.
As always it’ll come with a little practicing and playing but I think it’ll really make you shine on this song. Here’s a video we have breaking this down in depth for all of our rock class family. You’re coming along great, implement more swing and you’ll be bursting with style!
saiyara – Hey Saiyara great video! I’ll start off by saying I really enjoyed your strumming tone and passion in your performance! Very nice.
One thing we could do to add an extra layer of style to this performance would be to practice that “swing feel” for Moon River.
You could hear it coming out in your playing and we can really hone in on that. Here’s a video we added for you guys that really breaks down the method and practice for adding more of that swing. That being said you’re doing great and we enjoyed your video. Keep up the good work!
robinl – Robin wow! Great performance here. You did an outstanding job adding the swing feel to Blue Moon and your strumming was very consistent and pleasant. All around a really good submission.
jbmills07 – jbmills07 Hey brother you did a great job here! The cats in the video added some magic too. I see you’re putting in the work in the video practicing the tabs it’s coming a long nice. One spice to keep in mind with this dish is maintaining a solid swing feel. We have a video here we share with our community to hone in on that swing that’ll wrap this song together beautifully. That being said great work! This is coming along nice we’re glad to have you apart of the RC101 fam.
lynnzo – Hey Lynnzo, Nice submission! I know you said you were a little nervous and you still pushed through and managed to post a good first performance on this piece. Nice! One nugget of wisdom I would have for this performance is after you get as comfortable as you want with this piece watch our video on adding a swing feel in our playing. It’s very comprehensive and our community members like it because it breaks down the easiest way to put that swing feel under your fingers. You can find that here. Take some of those tips and see if you can hear that swing style come out in your playing on this piece. Other then that you had a good performance. Do keep up the good work!
patdrehu – Patdrehu wow! You chose a beautiful scene for your video! We love the island feel. That being said you did a really good job at volume and sound control on this piece. I can almost feel your connection to your Uke. Now a suggestion I would have would be to to focus in on the swing feel we can hear in Moon River. If you’d like to implement that we have a video here that goes in depth how to distinguish and deploy that sound into your playing! Do that and you’ll be top of the ranks in your performance! That being said Good video, keep it up Patdrehu!
jayton – Hey Jay! I enjoyed the performance! First thing is I feel like I can really hear the style and connection in your strumming. It sounds like you really put time into the feeling of your chords. It’s refreshing. I can also hear the swing coming through well in parts of your performance. Bravo! As long as we keep practicing that swing and brush up that feeling as we go you seem to be getting the piece down great my friend. If you are interested we have an in depth video on adding swing to your playing here. Keep playing this piece you did a great job on it. Good performance!
joelnal – Joelnal good work on Moon River! You got all the parts down well, few hiccups here and there and still overall very enjoyable performance. Common focus I would have with this piece is to work on keeping the swing consistent to bring out the feel in your playing. You seem to be getting it down and we also have a video here to help perfect that swung feeling. Overall good performance. Keep up the good work!
kpurdy – Kpurdy! For being 4 months into learning ukulele you are doing phenomenal. It’ll all come in practice and performances like this but you’re on the right track. One main thing I would work on now that’ll help you get the most out of your technique is to place the Uke closer to the center of your lap then on the side of your hip. I actually use to do the same thing and it just feels so much easier and relaxing having it in my lap and centered for performance. It’ll help you connect physically with your instrument more while playing and free up some space for that right wrist to breathe.
Here’s a video Andrew made earlier this year to help another member out. You can also check out these other lessons for extra help. Here is the first and second lesson I recommend reviewing.
Try those out and see if that helps you connect with your instrument. Other then that you’re well on your path. Can’t wait to see your progress and journey with us. Good submission!
bibilele – Wow this was a really really good performance! Even caught the park view! 🙂 You have really good timing and your playing sounded great. Great connection to your instrument. Now a few times it wavers in and out of the swing feel but for the most part it was a 100% killer performance! I’m sure from hearing your playing you’re familiar with a swing feel but just incase we made a video for the community on how to capture a swung feel that anyone can find here. You sound really good. More of that and keep it coming.
timolnz – One of our members who chose Moon Waltz and it sounds good! From what I can hear it sounds like you’ve got the picking and structure down and are just working on getting our timing perfect. A few more practices with a metronome on there should get you perfect. Other then that good job on your submission song sounds interesting in a higher octave!
gi_gi_ – Hey gi_gi_. Good submission and your uke sounds nice! It also sounds like you got the chords and melodies down here. A lot of people posting this were kind of in the middle of a straight feel and a swing feel. Luckily we have a video for the community to have easy access to a swing lesson! You can find that here. Watch this and apply a few of the pointers to get this song perfect. What you’re doing now sounds great and that swing should give you just the style boost you’re looking for. Great submission gi_gi_
Thank you much for your feedback Angelo, that’s the first time ever I get an expert and very usefull notice on my play ! I think only RockClass101 do that so nicely ! Thank’s !
@angelo thank you so much for the welcome and the feedback! This was my first experience with the swing style and I will totally check out the video you recommended, cause I agree, I could use some work! But I had a blast with that song! 🙂
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I chose Moon River because it’s such a lovely song, and the swing feel it makes it even better. It’s taken quite a lot of practice to get there, but I think it’s not far off (every time I tried to record it I made mistakes, so it’s the best of all the recordings).
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It’s coming along awesome!@paul60 – Well done, Paul! I agree, the swing feel adds a nice charm to this beautiful piece 🙂
So what I would recommend working on is increasing sustain. Try to keep all of the notes and chords held out for their entire duration. I shot this video last night for another member on Blue Moon, but the concepts can be applied for Moon River too.
Matt’s also got a lesson that covers this in greater detail.
@andrew thank you for the feedback and compliment. I felt a bit inspired this month 😀
@angelo thank you so much for the great feedback! The video on holding the uke was very helpful and I can see how it will help my playing and connection to the instrument. I am going to watch the two beginning videos you recommended as well. I am so excited to have found this community and look forward to learning from you all!
Hello. I’m Rahfael. I’m now a premium member and have chosen to play Blue Moon! I recorded it at a beautiful cliff/ocean not to far from my house. I must say that it is a much different experience playing while being filmed but it worked out pretty great in my opinion. Anyways please enjoy my performance of Blue Moon and I’m looking forward to what songs will be in next month’s challenge.
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