[Andrew]

A buddy of mine plays a guitar made out of CF. I always thought they were cool and your uke sounds and looks awesome!

[Andrew]

The first one. Tune the string up until it says A on your tuner 🙂

[Andrew]

@henri0 – Brilliant playing! I’ll be sure to send it to Stephen. He’s gonna love it 🙂

[Andrew]

Yes, you’ll have access to every course and every lesson.

I’d recommend starting with the Beginner’s Course. If you’re familiar with some of the concepts it covers, you can skip over those lessons. Either way, it’s always great to review the fundamentals of playing.

[Andrew]

Welcome, @angelsian! I’m glad you found us 🙂

For our lessons, the best place to start is here. Learning Paths helps you create a practice plan tailored towards your interests, while also showing you where to start and ideas on what to work on. If you ever need help on the lessons, don’t hesitate to ask!

[Andrew]

@ukandrea – Sounds great, Andrea! As you continue to practice, I want you to focus on timing and playing to a click. And def post a follow up closer to the end of the month 🙂

[Andrew]

We did it! We crushed the Spring Challenges!

201 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.

We are going live at 12 PM EST (check your local time zone) on July 4th to announce the winner of the $1,400 Kanile’a Baritone Ukulele AND the custom painted uke from our May Challenge! The live stream link is below:

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Here is everyone who participated this month. Please let me know if there are any discrepancies.

mark1256
mark1256
robinboyd
robinboyd
misterbones
misterbones
sebi75
sebi75
lisadmh
lisadmh
lyndallk
lyndallk
lisa-k
lisa-k
dennisdickens
dennisdickens
nthibode
nthibode
stianukulele
stianukulele
johanna2509
johanna2509
barbecueblack
barbecueblack
morrieuke1
morrieuke1
bethany_guardiani
bethany_guardiani
brettboy
brettboy
biancak
biancak
shmu88
shmu88
qiuyan
qiuyan
andrewvh
andrewvh
debb1985
debb1985
june2020
june2020
ccwuke
ccwuke
bomarkt
bomarkt
wongbrown
wongbrown
robinl
gstriph
gstriph
laurakarr12
laurakarr12
mademoiselleannette
katazumiri
ldarrow
ldarrow
lbilkie
lbilkie
marianne
marianne
lhamilton
lhamilton
ukandrea
ukandrea
richard_siegert
isabelm
isabelm
chiaracasella
chiaracasella
ukulelee
ukulelee
terryfallon3
terryfallon3
givingtree89
givingtree89
joelnal
joelnal
themccoys
themccoys
joe150
joe150
riley_ukulele
riley_ukulele
bibilele
bibilele
sarahd
sarahd
seoulkim
seoulkim
brithor
brithor
concan
concan
cheun133
acornjasper
acornjasper
lisamcc
lisamcc
iyers408
iyers408
karenj
karenj
mac1984
mac1984
timolnz
timolnz
emiliano
emiliano
sylus9
kelsey91
john316
john316

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P.S. Stephen will post feedback for folks on page 8 soon 🙂

[Andrew]

@john316 – I’ll be posting the entry list shortly for June. But I’ve got you down for 6 entries total 🙂

[Andrew]

Hey Brett! The JH arr. is super cool. So I’d skip learning a song you already know how to play in one form.

You’re right, the 2 new ones would be easy for you. If you choose one, I’d go for Wipe Out. It’ll be more challenging with that rhythm breakdown in the middle and the sheer speed of the piece.

If time is your biggest concern, I’d brush up on Aloha.

But my vote is Wipe Out. I think it’s the most fun choice. But can you trust me? I’m biased and it’s my arr LOL

[Andrew]

@lisamcc – no worries, I fixed it 🙂

[Andrew]

@lisa-k – Sounds much smoother! Great job, Lisa 🙂

@sebi75 – Sounds awesome! Check out the feedback I left for @shmu88 here. It’s got a great backing track you can jam to!

[Andrew]

Here’s everyone on page 4 and 5 that I hadn’t gotten to yet.

laurakarr12 – Sounds great! Only suggestion I have is to work on 4 bar sections at a time. This way you can focus on timing and keeping it steady. Should help eliminate any pauses 🙂

mademoiselleannette – Well done! Playing sounds great, but some of the rhythms you played were incorrect. For example, the last strum in measure 1 should be a quarter note.

Check out this lesson. It’s got 11 exercises to help you with counting and playing rhythms. But if you want to go for gold, the best way to really understand rhythm and timing is by learning to read music.

[Andrew]

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

[Andrew]

@robinl – You nailed the feel good vibe! Well done!

@gstriph – Great job, Jerry! For the triplet strum, try practicing with a metronome. You can even subdivide the beat like this video shows. Working on it this way is essentially looping – which will help you get the motion and timing down so that you nail it each time.

Furthermore, I’d work on 4 back sections with the goal of playing it steady in time. Don’t worry about speed, just focus on note/chord clarity and timing.

[Andrew]

@qiuyan – Nice job on the triplet strum! Performance was great overall! Looks like some of the transitions were a little bit tricky. Target your practice there and make sure you have it memorized so you can focus on building muscle memory with your hands.

But for real, great job this month! Keep up the great work 🙂

@andrewvh – It’s a pretty night and day difference between the two videos! I’m very impressed with how much progress you’ve made, Andrew!

So here’s an interesting thing I picked up on the new take. If you watch your performance all the way through, take note of how you’re playing lighter/softer in the beg to middle and then towards the end you are plucking very strongly. Sometimes this happens when we play songs that are lengthy and/or challenging. Just something for you to be aware of.

What size is your Uke? I think it’s a concert? I wonder if you tried it on a larger size, you’d find this song easier to play because of the larger frets. If you find yourself at a music store, maybe cycle through this song and see what you think.

@debb1985 – Fantastic feel. You aced the vibe! I want you to work on the 4th bar of Melody B. See if you can grab that last chord a little bit quicker so the tempo stays a bit more steady. That’s the only thing I can nitpick lol. Keep up the great work!

@june2020 – Bravo, June! That’s really amazing for such short playing time. Your form for both hands looks great. The best advice I can give for you is to try to memorize the piece, that way you can focus on just playing it. Start with four bar sections at a time. Play while reading the music, and then turn the music around and try without it. Don’t move on to the next four bars until you can play by memory. That’s always been the way that worked the best for me.

And totally normal for the low G to be pronounced. It’s the thickest string and will ring the loudest. So while you’re playing, just be aware of how hard you’re plucking/strumming it.

@ccwuke – Beautifully played, Chris! Keep up the great work 🙂

@bomarkt – Well done, Bo! So the big thing I’d suggest working on is lightening up your attack. Here’s a video I made awhile back for another member that touches on this subject. While it references a different song, everything I mentioned can be applied towards this song or playing in general.

@wongbrown – I think this is your best performance to date. Beautifully played, excellent job!

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