[Andrew]

Sorry to hear that happened Brett! This challenge carries on throughout Summer, what if you take off this and next month and post 3 in September. Happy to count each as a separate entry considering the circumstance 🙂

[Andrew]

@marianne – My pleasure!

@heike_uke – Very beautifully played 🙂

[Andrew]

@marianne – Very beautifully played, Marianne! I do have one suggestion for you. Sometimes I hear notes that aren’t sustaining as long as they could. This usually comes down to one of two things: fingering choices or lifting your fingers before the full note value has ended.

For example, in measure 6, if you look at the transition from the first chord to the second, Steven frets the first chord with his middle and ring fingers, leaving his index finger free for the second chord. In your performance, your index finger is used for both chords, which means it has to move from the first to the second, cutting the sustain short.

For the second point, look at the first double stop in measure 7. Steven keeps his fingers planted on that double stop for the entire measure, whereas you lift them after the initial pluck. Again, that shortens the sustain.

Glad to hear you dig the new tools 🙂

[Andrew]

@clempek – Bravo, excellent performance Clem 👏

[Andrew]

@patizon – Very nicely played! The only thing to change is that you played ending 1 and ending 2 the second time around in the B Melody. You wanna jump over ending 1 and go straight into ending 2 there.

And glad to hear you are enjoying the new course! 🙂

[Andrew]

I’d recommend contacting the shop you purchased it from. They should be able to help.

[Andrew]

@annyuke – My pleasure!

[Andrew]

Sorry for the delay in responding folks, I’ve been a bit tied up with the latest website project.

@gi_gi_ – Not enough 😂

Glad to hear you are enjoying the course!

@grannieannie – My pleasure and glad to hear you dig the new course and tools 🙂

@yukalele – Thanks David!

@mickan88 – Performance was awesome, Michaela. I’m gonna share it in this week’s newsletter. Glad to hear you are enjoying the new course too.

@planetfink – So with that technique, you want to use it more in a strumming motion rather than a pluck with the thumb. Matt breaks down the mechanics of it in this lesson from our Next Level Strumming Course.

With that said, the way you are playing it sounds great. Nice tone throughout!

@annyuke – You played it beautifully! 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.

Sorry to hear about your uke!!!

@jedart – The Pathways Course is only available with annual or monthly subscription.

@cyman_t – An excellent first post, great playing throughout! And your rhythm and timing were spot on!

You aced the first three. For the fourth, the ghost note strum, try to tap that G string a little lighter. For that technique, we want it to add depth to the overall strum sound, rather than ring as loud as a strum.

For the fifth, the rasgueado strum, I want to hear a little more separation in the attack. Which is something I also struggle with. It’s a touch technique! Check out Matt’s lesson on it from our Next Level Strumming Course for extra help with it.

[Andrew]

Thanks Louisa! Glad to hear you like the new look 🙂

Do you mean to have a unique colored pill for low G and another for high G? Right now, they share a color (gray), but you’ll see each tuning present if a song works for both:

The same would apply for difficulty, you’d see two blue colored pills if a song is labeled at more than one level.

I think it’s best to keep to just two colors, else it starts to be a little too much.

[Andrew]

We did it! We crushed the Spring Challenges!

143 members participated in our last 3 challenges and I have been blown away by everyone’s performances! Thanks to each and everyone of you who participated!

The video announcing the winner of these challenges, who will be awarded 10 EXTRA entries for the grand prize, a $2,095 Kanile’a Mango Tenor Ukulele, will premiere on July 4th at 12 pm ET. (check your local time zone)

The video link is below:

[Andrew]

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED THIS MONTH! WE HAD 45 ENTRIES! YOU GUYS ROCK!

Here’s the list of everyone who participated and earned an entry for this month’s challenge. If you notice any discrepancies, please let me know by 4pm ET on July 3rd as I’ll be filming the video picking the winner for our spring challenges that night.

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misterbones
misterbones
annyuke
annyuke
marianne
marianne
anyon1
anyon1
darktoto
darktoto
planetfink
planetfink
shmu88
shmu88
grannieannie
grannieannie
uke_andi
brettboy
brettboy
patizon
patizon
clempek
clempek
carynjoy
carynjoy
malku2603
katazumiri
katazumiri
lhamilton
lhamilton
tessiert
tessiert
ccwuke
ccwuke
kanique
kanique
barbecueblack
barbecueblack
nelsonlin2021
nelsonlin2021
joe150
joe150
robinboyd
robinboyd
rgillof
rgillof
heike_uke
heike_uke
leb397
leb397
kngrieve
kngrieve
jasdel
jasdel
turbopstros
uketime
uketime
karenj
karenj
barborapolach
monika101
monika101
lynnzo
lynnzo
takuan
takuan
abster
abster
gi_gi_
gi_gi_
janaq1
janaq1
ldarrow
ldarrow
jody_hendrickson
jody_hendrickson
The_Bumble_Bard
The_Bumble_Bard
sarahd
sarahd
maryjanew
maryjanew

[Andrew]

@maryjanew – No worries, I saw the original post got caught in spam. It’s live now and I deleted the replacement post 🙂

[Andrew]

Friendly Reminder – The deadline for receiving an entry into the giveaway is tonight at 11:59 PM ET (check your local time zone).

[Andrew]

Thanks y’all!

Joe, I def agree. Having the visual helps you keep track of where you are at in the count 🙂

[Andrew]

@uke_andi – What a fantastic first post, Andi! Great playing! I’m gonna share your performance in our newsletter tomorrow 🙂

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