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Playing sounds great, Andrea! Only thing I’d suggest is to work on timing – some of the notes/phrases are a little rushed. Try to count the rhythms while you play or you could sing the lyrics along too 🙂
It might be due to how you’re holding the uke. Here’s a video I made to help another member out. I’ll also paste additional lessons that touch on this topic. Here is the first and second lesson I recommend reviewing.
@barbecueblack – Fantastic performance! I only have a couple suggestions for you. First, I’d work on cleaning up your playing a little bit, specifically eliminating buzzy notes. And there’s a few pauses, so target your practice in those transition areas.
@morrieuke1 – I love that tremolo/reverb sound. Fits this song perfectly! And your performance was excellent, you aced this one! Well done!
@bethany_guardiani – I think that’s one of the best fingerstyle performances I’ve heard from you! The best advice I can give is to keep doing what you doing. It’s really cool hearing you progress 🙂I do have one suggestion: try to keep the ending ritardando a little bit more linear in its flow. Again really good job this month, keep up the great work!
@brettboy – This has to be one of my favorite performances from you! The changes you added were very tasteful, and as always, the feel/vibe is spot on. I’m definitely going to share this this week!
@biancak – Excellent performance! And great feel to your playing too!
@shmu88 – Your take was great, Sam! One of the reasons we do so many band arrangements is because it’s a great way to work on timing and groove.While this arrangement was presented as a solo piece, there’s usually an array of backing tracks you can find on YouTube. Here’s a great one that I’d practice along with. It’ll help you develop both of those areas:
Traditionally it ends on i (Dm), so the last few notes play out if it in my arrangement to stay true to it.
If you swap that note to C#, you’re creating more tension. I’d play it on string 1, fret 4 and end with an octave of the D note: X2X5. Sounds cool though!
Sounds great, Lisa! One suggestion, that section that starts at 1:26 (and earlier in song, too), try to ramp up to full volume instead of start at full volume. Here’s an analogy: If I say run, you don’t just start at full speed, you got to walk – jog – run to get there.
@lyndallk – That’s much better IMO! That tempo gives it vibe! Well done 🙂
@stianukulele – Sometime’s one take is all you need! Well played and I dig the subtle changes on the solo 🙂
@johanna2509 – You played it beautifully, Johanna! Keep up the good work!@lisa-k – sounds great!
@sebi75 – Nicely done! So I’d suggest a couple things as you continue working on it. First, check out this lesson for help on the triplet strum. Focus on getting the rhythm of the 8th note triplet down.
Second, slow the tempo of the piece down so you can focus on cleaning up your playing. I’d work on 4 or 8 bar sections at a time.
But overall, it was great! Work on these two things and you’ll be rockin’ and rollin’ 🙂
@lisadmh – Your finesse is so good these days! It’s really impressive how far you’ve come in that regard. I think it’s cool that you mix different attacks. It’s kind of like mixing spices in a dish. But I think what you may be looking for is this:I made this video for Robin a couple years ago and it talks about how you can use a uniformed approach for dynamics. It kind of creates a swaying effect. And I think this is that next step for you to experiment with. Let me know what you think. Oh, and you can also mix rubato in with this too 🙂
@lyndallk – I think your new video perfectly demonstrates the biggest benefit of memorizing a piece: You get to focus 100% on how you’re playing it. And for those of you who are reading this feedback, check out this lesson as it discusses why this is so important.Your new take has a lot more emotion and dynamics. And I really like the slide effect too! My only suggestion for you is to slow the tempo down. To me, this has always been a slower-paced song.
@lisa-k – You asked a great question on how strum attacks relate to timing. Here’s a video showing you just that 🙂
@dennisdickens – Very nicely played, Dennis! Only thing I’d say is continue working on the B Melody. Keep up the great work!
@nthibode – Beautifully played, Nathalie! Love the ambience you created too 🙂@misterbones – Very well done, Michael! Timing and playing sounds great! Only thing I’d point out is the 3rd and 4th bars in the solo. Those hits should be more staccato-y since they are grace notes sliding in on the &’s and resting on the down beats. Plus playing them like that just sounds really cool. Gives a neat texture to the note.
But dude, A+ this month! It was VERY good!
@robinboyd – I’m with Rickey, your playing touch is much more refined. Well done!
@cinichol – I’m not sure I understand what you are asking. Can you elaborate?
@mark1256 – Sounds awesome, Mark! I like the intro/outro and the changes you threw in there. You nailed the feel/vibe of the tune. Well done! At this point, I’d target your practice on the tricky transitions. That should iron out any gaps in timing.
@marianne – *EDIT* Whoops – I initially answered thinking of Jailhouse Rock. For Sleep Walk, I’d recommend using a low G. It’s going to sound off with high G.Wow! 63 members joined us for this month’s challenge! It has truly been a pleasure for Stephen and I to watch everyone’s performances and offer our humble feedback. BIG thanks to each of you who participated and bravo on a job well done!
Our June Challenge is LIVE and the theme is: 50’s Rock Songs! I hope each of you joins us again.
Below, I will post a list of members who participated in the May challenge for your second chance to win the Kanile’a Ukulele. Please let me know if there are any discrepancies.
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smokealot
smokealot
mark1256
mark1256
debb1985
debb1985
tric_o_tronic
tric_o_tronic
bibilele
bibilele
ldarrow
ldarrow
sebi75
sebi75
kirpuff
kirpuff
ukandrea
ukandrea
samash07
samash07
marlongas
marlongas
bethany_guardiani
bethany_guardiani
shmu88
shmu88
lbilkie
lbilkie
ukule_lise
ukule_lise
katazumiri
ccwuke
ccwuke
clempek
clempek
bomarkt
bomarkt
misterbones
misterbones
stianukulele
stianukulele
qiuyan
qiuyan
brettboy
brettboy
wongbrown
wongbrown
ukulelee
ukulelee
robinl
robinboyd
robinboyd
morrieuke1
morrieuke1
nthibode
nthibode
brithor
brithor
marianne
marianne
mademoiselleannette
lhamilton
lhamilton
timolnz
timolnz
richard_siegert
johanna2509
johanna2509
henri0
henri0
gstriph
gstriph
bemarlie
bemarlie
joe150
joe150
riberbula
riberbula
andrewvh
andrewvh
joelnal
joelnal
ukealori
ukealori
chiaracasella
chiaracasella
riley_ukulele
riley_ukulele
sarahd
sarahd
seoulkim
seoulkim
biancak
biancak
givingtree89
givingtree89
concan
concan
karenj
karenj
maryjanew
maryjanew
dennisdickens
dennisdickens
cheun133
b_ukes_101
b_ukes_101
themccoys
themccoys
mac1984
mac1984
taylor22jane
taylor22jane
dividedsky
dividedsky
emiliano
emiliano
john316
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BONUS GIVEAWAY LIST
sebi75
kirpuff
shmu88
misterbones
brettboy
morrieuke1
nthibode
marianne
lhamilton
henri0
bemarlie
riberbula
andrewvh
chiaracasella
riley_ukulele
taylor22jane
emiliano
