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Overall we had 41 members participate in this month’s challenge! And guys, I know I sound like a broken record, but it’s so cool to see everyone come together and support each other as a community and to challenge ourselves to get better! Bravo to everyone who participated 🙂
Our September challenge is LIVE and the theme is: ORIGINAL MUSIC! There’s also a really unique prize for September! You can check out the new challenge here: https://rockclass101.com/september-2020-challenge
So without further ado, the winner of this month’s challenge is **drum-roll**
BIG THANKS TO NICKY FOR LENDING HER AMAZING TALENT!
This month’s prize was super cool! Thank you @NickyG for making it possible 🙂
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Here’s the last of the feedback 🙂
@kirpuff – Your playing always sounds great, Sara! But, I do have a suggestion for this song. I’d recommend slowing down the tempo quite a bit which better reflects the “love song” mood/flow. And maybe experiment with rubato a bit, too. It works really well with this tune 🙂
@lissid – Playing sounds great, Melissa! That’s cool that you’re noticing volume attacks. I don’t think yours is overly strong, but every hit is quite consistent in volume, so you may wanna experiment with varying the volume of notes/chords – which is what I talked about in this video:@ukandrea – BIG improvement on both aspects! Great job, Andrea!
@katazumiri – For soprano, you need to rely on form 2 when playing passages like that to keep the neck propped up. Or as Grace mentioned, you can use a strap 🙂
The printable tabs coincide with what was taught in the lesson video. Sometimes we play things differently in the performance video – not purposely, more of a “in the moment thing” – so I update the tab player to reflect that 🙂
@cinichol – Thank you so kindly! Really appreciate it 🙂
@cinichol – They always come out on the day of or 1 or 2 days earlier 🙂
@katazumiri – Well done! Playing sounds great, at this point I’d working on boosting the tempo ever so slightly to help develop speed. Start gradual – 5 or 10 bpm and when comfortable, continue increasing it another 5 bpm.
But the big thing I want to point out is the way you’re holding the ukulele. It’s placed directly in front of you and angled almost vertically. This is not good proper holding form and puts your wrist in awkward positions, as well as, limits mobility/dexterity.
To work on this – I’ll paste a video I made for another member below, but I’d also recommend reviewing these 2 lessons: here is the first and second lesson.
@johanna2509 – Well played, sounds beautiful Johanna 🙂
@biancak – Awesome! You’ve got it down now, way to go 🙂
@Catherine – Very well played! I like the change in tonal coloring when you switched from thumb to fingerpicking and back. That was a great idea! Keep up the great work 🙂
Sure, you can post it here. Our next two challenges are already planned, but I’ll be happy to keep your suggestions in mind for the future. 🙂