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Wow! 41 members joined us for this month’s challenge! I’m continually blown away by how talented y’all are! Big round of applause to everyone who participated this month. 👏
Our September Challenge is LIVE and continues the summer challenge theme with songs from our new course, Pathways. I hope y’all join us again!
Below, I will post a list of members who participated in the August Challenge for your second chance to win the Kala Ukulele. Please let me know if there are any discrepancies.
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cyman_t
otzepeng
joe150
patizon
heike_uke
leb397
misterbones
martin_19
lhamilton
yukalele
shmu88
antotonin
katazumiri
jedart
uketime
annyuke
marianne
mickan88
rgillof
rw1950merritt
ccwuke
carynjoy
monika101
grannieannie
anyon1
lynnzo
takuan
maryjanew
karenj
bearregi
jdouglas
leihali
kelsey91
jody_hendrickson
dianna
jasdel
worawat
nelsonlin2021
gi_gi_
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The_Bumble_Bard@jasdel – That was awesome! I’ll be sharing your performance in our newsletter this week 🙂
Friendly Reminder – The deadline for receiving an entry into the giveaway is tonight at 11:59 PM ET (check your local time zone).
@maryjanew – My pleasure!
@jedart – Very beautifully played Jed! The only thing I’d do is target the spots where there was a little hesitation or pause in the transitions. Keep up the great work!
@shmu88 – Bravo! Excellent fingerpicking and strumming, Sam 👏
@antotonin – Welcome back, Antonin! Excellent timing and feel! Great job on this duet 🙂
@katazumiri – It sounds so beautiful as a band arrangement. Love it!@heike_uke – Here is my feedback for you 🙂
@leb397 – Thank you so much for the kind words on the course Louisa 🙂Your performance was amazing! Crystal clear harmonics, way to go and very impressive playing!
@misterbones – That’s the perfect instrument for this tune! Love the sound it gives and the feel you played it with.I remember having to practice A TON for this tune! The hardest part, IMO, is keeping the tempo 100% steady. I actually tracked the performance to a click for that reason. So the only advice I can give you, is to continue to practice the piece alongside a click.
@martin_19 – Bravo! 👏 Timing and tempo sounds great! Very well played young man 🙂
@cyman_t – You’ve got it now! Great job! If you ever notice differences in the player vs the tab, that’s because we played the performance slightly differently. We try our best to play it exactly as taught, but sometimes variations happen.The original way you played the tune sounded great, as does the current take. No right or wrong! Moving forward, I’d play it whichever way you like best 🙂
@lhamilton – Those harmonics are really cool! Very creative idea and a great addition to the arrangement Linda. So this piece is all about sustain and rubato. I think you did very well on sustain. For the feel, I would try a bit slower pacing. Especially in the second theme. I think that helps the music breathe better. Give that a try!
@yukalele – Beautifully played David!Welcome Hank! Happy to have you here with us and I really appreciate the kind words. Please do join us in a monthly challenge. And if you ever need any help with a lesson, don’t hesitate to ask 🙂
@patizon – Bravo, flawless performance Ondra! 👏
@joe150 – Very nicely played Joe! Last month, I left you this feedback:
The only thing I’d do, since you’re playing it on a low G, is sub out the single notes that are played with the open G for the 3rd fret on the E string. So that would be the two open Gs in measure 11 and the one in measure 15.
Give that a try. That’s the only change I’d make 🙂
@otzepeng – 🙂@cyman_t – Can you try playing along with the tab player, but switch it to “synthetic mode,” and activate the metronome. That’ll help you get the rhythm down because it will act as a guide to follow along with 🙂
@cyman_t – My pleasure! You can post it here 🙂
Very well played, Joe! Just a heads-up: that song isn’t in the Pathways Course. For this month’s challenge, you’ll need to choose a song from the course.
@cyman_t – Strumming and timing sounds excellent! To my ear, I am hearing you play the rhythm as follows:
As opposed to a triplet in the middle (as written):
With that said, it sounds great as is! I hear it as a tasteful variation. If you’d like to try the triplet version instead, this video will help you with the rhythm.
Thank you for the kind words on the course! 🙂