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[malku2603]

Hi!!! My progress on Iron Man,
now it’s sounding a lot better than before …..😊😊
fingers also hurting much less than before
feeling very happy and motivated now ….
making much slower progress than everyone else but I believe I can do it now….😊😊😊

[anyon1]

Hi All,

I tried Bad Moon Rising. It has been a challenge to pick up speed with it! Here it is at about 65%.

–Adriana

[katazumiri]

Hello everyone!

This time I experimented with “Iron Man”.
It turned out slower than the original (about 80%) and without speed-up. I give up the “triple slide” in the ukulele part and the 32 notes in the drums; I hope Tony Iommi and Bill Ward won’t be offended 😉

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Have a nice day! 🍁🎃🍂

[leb397]

@andrew much appreciated and totally agree. It’s a tricky piece is so many areas.

@malku2603 isn’t it amazing how we think we’ll never get it. I always have doubts. Great progress! @anyon1 love Bad moon. Nice job.
Blown away on those that tackled 6 minutes of playing. @misterbones and @shmu88 and @kanique very well played. It’s gonna get busy this last week. Look forward to more entries. Louisa

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[leb397]

@katazumiri love it… base is cool with it. 👏🤟

[Andrew]

@malku2603 – 🙂

@anyon1 – Sounds great Adriana! Try to keep your right hand/wrist as relaxed as possible and continue to work on increasing tempo. Keep up the great work!

@katazumiri – That was awesome! 👏👏

[marianne]

thanks so much @karenj, @leb397 and @grannieannie 🙂 well done @leb397, very good submission and I look forward to your versions @karenj and @grannieannie

All the submissions are wonderful so far! lovely to listen to everyone’s performances.

[morrieuke1]

It’s been a few months since I’ve -Ickes up my uke, and I’m enjoying getting back into it. Great job Everybody so far! Mike
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[lhamilton]

Hi,

This month I tried Iron Man. It gave me a chance to play with the electric uke and record directly to the macbook using Garageband and its amp settings with earphones so I could hear what I was playing. Likely not the best sound ever, but it was fun to do. I’ve had a bit of trouble with my 4th finger on the left hand so I rearranged the fingering it to “baby” it til it settles down (It’s way better now).

Linda
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[rgillof]

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Here is my go at Iron Man. Best I can do for now. I too am having trouble with the waves, but will continue to work on it with Marianne’s tips. Thanks Marianne!

[anyon1]

I forgot to add I am a Premium Member.

I could not figure out how to edit my original post. Is there a way to do that? Thanks!

[Andrew]

@anyon1 – I got it 🙂

The forum only allows editing within 90 minutes after a post has been made.

[bolognakid]

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And also new to Rock Class 101! I started playing last December and am having a lot of fun with it.

Loved this arrangement of Iron Man. This is my first time recording myself and posting. I had the jitters haha…

Great job, everyone!
– Rachael

[grannieannie]

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I watched Black Sabbath’s 1970 video of Iron Man, with a young, fresh-faced Ozzy Osbourne, well before his bird-decapitating and crazy-makeup days, belting out some pretty heavy lyrics (guess that’s why they called it Heavy Metal, eh?). What creativity, playing with a simple riff and taking it to so many new places! My rendition, on the other hand, was still a struggle (don’t want to use two missed weeks as an excuse, but it didn’t help), but it’s the best I can do for now. As always seems to happen, I got some canine percussion in the background – serves as a good distraction to play over.

[grannieannie]

@bolognakid: Welcome to Rock Class101 – you’re obviously in the right place. You’ve been playing less than a year, and look you how rocked Iron Man! Look forward to hearing more of your submissions.

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