[Andrew]

@johanna2509 – Sounds great, Johanna! Glad you saw the previous feedback video on h/o & p/o. Those tips should help you. I’d also say to hammer-on a little bit harder, it doesn’t look/sound like your connecting through enough. Baseball analogy: swing through the pitch. Same thing here – the finger needs to come down with enough force to get the note to ring clear 🙂

[Andrew]

Great course idea, Nathalie! I’ll keep it in mind and will reach out to you directly about the teaching question 🙂

[Andrew]

TY so kindly, Lisa! I def took your advice in naming songs! AJ and I are working on the next concept lesson and I thought you’d get a kick out of the opening text for this soon to be released lesson 🙂

[Andrew]

Hi Mark, every lesson for the last few years has sections labeled in the video (Melody A, B, etc):

And bar numbers for each measure:

The best suggestion I have is to scroll through the video using the preview window until you find the section or bar you’re working on 🙂

[Andrew]

@hiloukes – Beautifully played! Couple tips: For the quick h/o p/o lick, try not to rush it. Keep in mind that it should encompass the time span of an eighth note. And when you do the barre chord at the 1st fret, make sure your finger isn’t on top of the metal fret. You want to be as close to the metal fret, but not on top of it. That should help the chord ring out clearer. Overall, it was awesome! Keep up the great work 🙂

@marianne – Thank you so kindly for your donation!! Your performance was great! I’d suggest maybe a touch slower in the tempo so it lets the music breathe a bit more, but that’s IMO – I always encourage you guys to take it and make it your own 🙂

@patparr – Great job on the timing! Performance was great overall! At this point, I’d be thinking about how you’re playing the notes and chords – for ex: some can be played softer and others louder. Basically thinking about dynamics and finesse. Check out the links for lessons that Matt taught that go deeper into those areas.

@rebeca
 – Beautifully played! I like the ritardandos you threw in there too 🙂

[Andrew]

It looks like a similar chuck to what I do, but he targets the top strings and lets the bottom ring. Unfortunately, I can’t advise further as we only offer support for RC101 related material.

[Andrew]

@andyrose – Hi, Andy! You asked 2 different questions. For becoming comfortable with playing without looking, the best advice I can give is what I used to do: play in the dark. Can’t cheat that way 😉

For scale practice, please see this post. For the fretboard, I’d start by memorizing the non accidental notes on one string per week. This advice is detailed more in module 1, unit 2 in our theory course. You also want to work in tandem with learning the basics of theory – which is what module 1 covers.

[Andrew]

It’s kinda like a drum beat – he’s doing it over a 2 bar pattern, chucking on 2 and 4 in bar 1, and beat 2 in bar 2, then & of 3 and beat 4 is the percussive tap on the body. Sounds cool!

[Andrew]

@mark1256 – Great job on the timing and sustain, Mark! Keep working on that first part of Theme 3 – the chord changes – I think that’s the hardest part of this arr. But, overall it was awesome! Well played 🙂

[Andrew]

Andy, looks like the video is blocked in the US, can you share another similar one?

[Andrew]

@spanxbrc – it’s very heartwarming to hear that it helps calm the students 🙂

@dividedsky – Okay with me!

[Andrew]

@lisadmh & @debb1985 – I’m gonna give both of you guys feedback. Both of you played it very well, but I’ve got a video below to help on getting more clarity with the h/o p/o lick.

And here’s the intro lesson for doing H/O and P/O Technique for anyone that needs it.

@deadbuggy – Well done, Sara! I like the changes you threw in there! TY for you donation!!

@nthibode – Bravo! I sent it to Steven, I’m sure he’ll love it 🙂 TY for you donation!!

[Andrew]

I’m not sure, Kelsey. Reach out to them with that question: [email protected].

[Andrew]

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED THIS MONTH! WE HAD 121 ENTRIES! YOU GUYS ROCK!

Hope to see everyone in our December Challenge. December is your LAST CHANCE to win the Kanile’a!

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

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bdenham14
bdenham14
mark1256
mark1256
concan
concan
pippin105
pippin105
deadbuggy
deadbuggy
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johanna2509
krolik
shmu88
shmu88
qiuyan
qiuyan
rebeca
simonalexander
simonalexander
nthibode
nthibode
cauer2
cauer2
apoole
apoole
janett75
janett75
schaap123
schaap123
shann0potato
shann0potato
lisadmh
lisadmh
sir_anzalot
sir_anzalot
ukulelee
ukulelee
misterbones
misterbones
cncamacho
cncamacho
robinboyd
robinboyd
laurakarr12
laurakarr12
turkgoose
turkgoose
lyndallk
lyndallk
lisamcc
lisamcc
emiliano
emiliano
eszti5mail
eszti5mail
ukandrea
ukandrea
mennloo
alisoniles
alisoniles
marianne
marianne
isabelm
isabelm
tsetsova
tsetsova
debb1985
debb1985
allesyone
kelsey91
addilein
addilein
antotonin
antotonin
amylilley
amylilley
brettboy
brettboy
surrealflea
surrealflea
ukesilver
ukesilver
kirpuff
kirpuff
sdorunga
ealtman
ealtman
tric_o_tronic
tric_o_tronic
marlongas
marlongas
lhamilton
lhamilton
smokealot
smokealot
willymac
willymac
gstriph
gstriph
morrieuke1
morrieuke1
aksiomatic
aksiomatic
karenj
karenj
kanae926
kanae926
hibiscus
hibiscus
andrewvh
andrewvh
akukes73
akukes73
patparr
patparr
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bklynsoul
rockmyuke
rockmyuke
andyrose
andyrose
katazumiri
b_ukes_101
b_ukes_101
lbilkie
lbilkie
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lynnwatson
robinl
givingtree89
givingtree89
wongbrown
wongbrown
dododudus
dododudus
bemarlie
bemarlie
mozcyc
coffeemug
coffeemug
happyonuke
luizaveit
henri0
henri0
jkulele
jkulele
annemarie
annemarie
ccwuke
ccwuke
beauke
beauke
joannetala
joannetala
alana_
alana_
mademoiselleannette
goody2shoes
goody2shoes
joe150
joe150
ebetsimo
miztaken
miztaken
pika80019
pika80019
tiff27
stianukulele
stianukulele
andracass
andracass
aloooy
aloooy
whollyprofit
whollyprofit
janaq1
janaq1
Catherine
Catherine
rucha11
rucha11
dal08260
dal08260
kayleighb
kayleighb
brabbit
rufio0
rufio0
humerosa
humerosa
celia21
santai
santai
ukandoit
ukandoit
cloud_cactus
jayton
jayton
lissid
lissid
oldan_
oldan_
pgoody
pgoody
uku_on
uku_on
cyberloh
cyberloh
unclemymy
unclemymy
themccoys
themccoys
dividedsky
dividedsky
iyers408
iyers408
mac1984
mac1984
lakeside339
lakeside339
lildevil
lildevil
maryjanew
maryjanew

• This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by Andrew. Reason: Updated

[Andrew]

@maryjanew – I made this video for another member earlier this month. It talked about reworking fingerings to match your playing style. NOW – after watching your video, I don’t think you need to do this. The D chord w/ index is sounding good! It’s just one of those fingerings that takes awhile to get comfy with. But anyways, I’d encourage you to watch the video and remember the tips, it’s good for future use 🙂

For memorizing: Try sections at a time. Like 4 or 8 bars. Play while looking at the music for that section, then cover it up and play without looking. If you fumble, target your practice on that specific area. Don’t move onto the next section until you’ve got it 100% down w/out looking. That approach has always worked well for me!

And btw – your performance was great. Great tone and I heard no misunderstandings of rhythms. Keep up the great work and def play it for the grandkids!

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