[Andrew]

@Keith – Happy to have you on-board, Keith! If you ever need help on the lessons, don’t hesitate to ask 🙂

[Andrew]

Here’s the live stream announcing the winner if anyone missed it. Congrats, @junkourata!

[Andrew]

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED THIS MONTH! WE HAD 102 ENTRIES! YOU GUYS ROCK! The challenge will run until Dec 31, but no more entries will count towards the giveaway prize.

I’ll be announcing the winner of the Kanile’a Ukulele tomorrow LIVE at 12 pm EST (Check Your Local Time Zone) on our YouTube channel at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfFFaARhn00

P.S. There may be a bonus trivia entry awarded tomorrow, so def don’t miss the live stream 😉

Here is a list of everyone who participated. Please let me know if there are any discrepancies.

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lisadmh
lisadmh
debb1985
debb1985
deadbuggy
deadbuggy
nthibode
nthibode
mark1256
mark1256
hiloukes
marianne
marianne
patparr
patparr
rebeca
johanna2509
johanna2509
shmu88
shmu88
sebaraedo
cncamacho
cncamacho
qiuyan
qiuyan
pippin105
pippin105
ukandrea
ukandrea
gstriph
gstriph
cauer2
cauer2
antotonin
antotonin
lyndallk
lyndallk
mweir1
mweir1
misterbones
misterbones
sir_anzalot
sir_anzalot
ccwuke
ccwuke
mozcyc
ukulelee
ukulelee
robinboyd
robinboyd
amylilley
amylilley
katazumiri
gmflin8
gmflin8
addilein
addilein
annemarie
annemarie
yukalele
yukalele
ebetsimo
lissid
lissid
rockmyuke
rockmyuke
kanae926
kanae926
unclemymy
unclemymy
rufio0
rufio0
simonalexander
simonalexander
brettboy
brettboy
willymac
willymac
jedart
beauke
beauke
dividedsky
dividedsky
joe150
joe150
ukesilver
ukesilver
whollyprofit
whollyprofit
somasoma321
lisamcc
lisamcc
andrewvh
andrewvh
jayton
jayton
dal08260
dal08260
ukandoit
ukandoit
alana_
alana_
rickeymike
rickeymike
tric_o_tronic
tric_o_tronic
turkgoose
turkgoose
tsetsova
tsetsova
sdorunga
laurakarr12
laurakarr12
bemarlie
bemarlie
stianukulele
stianukulele
oldan_
oldan_
firemanwife2012
kittycatlin
kittycatlin
karenj
karenj
joannetala
joannetala
andyrose
andyrose
robinl
uku_on
uku_on
riley_ukulele
riley_ukulele
mademoiselleannette
melanieh
pika80019
pika80019
concan
concan
angeline
goody2shoes
goody2shoes
kirpuff
kirpuff
schaap123
schaap123
aloooy
aloooy
janaq1
janaq1
coffeemug
coffeemug
luizaveit
jkulele
jkulele
b_ukes_101
b_ukes_101
celia21
cimarronsailor
cimarronsailor
cinichol
cinichol
zukulele
zukulele
santai
santai
henri0
henri0
betsym
betsym
emiliano
emiliano
lynnwatson
lynnwatson
iyers408
iyers408
lakeside339
lakeside339
mac1984
mac1984
givingtree89
givingtree89
r1ggler
r1ggler
maryjanew
maryjanew
cloud_cactus

[Andrew]

@lakeside339 – TY so much for your donation. Please email me with the amount donated so I can add it to the tally 🙂

[Andrew]

@cinichol – your initial post is on page 12 🙂 Please don’t edit it – as I’ve embedded your video. It’s easier for us when leaving feedback to remain on one page than to click links to YouTube’s site.

And TY So much for your donation! Please email me with the amount donated so I can add it to the tally 🙂

[Andrew]

We’ve SMASHED through our participation goal of 72 members! So I went ahead and made our donation of $500 to The UKC today 🙂

This means we’ve also SMASHED our fundraising goal and have now raised $1,809 for the charity! AMAZING!

Let’s set a new goal and go for $2,000!

P.S. The Kanile’a winner will be announced tomorrow at 12PM EST at the link below:

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]

My pleasure!

[Andrew]

@firemanwife2012 – Sorry about that! Looks like you double pasted the YouTube link which made it fall into the spam filter. It’s live now 🙂

[Andrew]

Welcome, Jay! The best place to start is here. Have fun and if you ever need help on the lessons, don’t hesitate to ask 🙂

[Andrew]

The latter is correct: strummed mute.

To be honest, “I’m Yours” should be placed in a higher level. It was one of the first songs I arranged for the site and was placed there before I had a clearer understanding of how the 5 difficulty levels would unfold. But I do want to stress that the majority of songs in each level are suitable for the suggested level.

[Andrew]

@ukesilver – I didn’t hear any inconsistencies, but if you want to work on it try this etude. Just replace the arpeggio-pluck technique with a strum or any style of stroke you wish.

[Andrew]

@lisamcc – TY so much for your donation, Lisa! 🙂

[Andrew]

Here are the last couple of folks on page 8 that we hadn’t left feedback for yet 🙂

@joe150 – Great job, Joe! I think you’ve got a great base established, so now you want to start working on how you are playing it – which was the focus of this video/article. For this song, work on sustaining every note/chord throughout each measure. Basically, don’t lift up prematurely as you’re doing now – which makes it sound stacatto-y.

Also, try a hammer-on for beats 2 & (2nd and 3rd note in the measures). That’ll give it a smooth connecting, legato sound. With those in mind, work on 2 bar phrases at a time playing alongside Steven in the tab player. Loop it and try to match his playing 100%. Start slow and gradually boost the tempo and tackle the song piece by piece.

@ukesilver – Well played! Great job on the timing, fluidity and feel. Bravo!

[Andrew]

Welcome, Jane! Glad to have you on-board 🙂

[Andrew]

@dividedsky – Sounds great on baritone, Jane and lovely playing! I have one observation to share: listen to the section from 11 to 28 seconds. Every first beat of each measure you’re accenting (plucking) very loud. Now contrast that to how you played the rest of the tune, which was much softer. I’d use that same lighter approach for that section.

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