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@brettboy – Amazing performance, Brett! Well done 👏

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@shmu88 – Amazing performance Sam, bravo! 👏

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@ccwuke – Very well played, Chris! Feel is spot on! From here, I’d work on fine tuning it. I hear few spots where it could be a little cleaner or the rhythm slips slightly. But honestly, it already sounds great, and I think you’ll have it locked in with just a little more practice (as long as the fam is okay with that 😂).

@The_Bumble_Bard – You should strum more! It sounds really good! Amazing work on this tune! It’s a toughie and you aced it. Really impressive playing, Rachael 👏

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Welcome @heilene, glad to have you here with us! I appreciate the kind words and hope to see you in one our monthly challenges 🙂

Feel free to share your original tunes too! I’d love to hear them and I’m sure a lot of folks here would too.

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@rw1950merritt – That was awesome! From here, I’d focus on one section at a time. For example, take Theme 1 and play along with a metronome or with Steven in the tab player. Start at the tempo you recorded and focus on keeping things steady. Once that feels solid, gradually start increasing the tempo. So your main goal right now is building speed.

Keep up the great work! Feel and playing sounded great overall!

@johanna2509 – What a beautiful video and audio performance you’ve made! I loved it! My only suggestion would be to experiment with playing a lil behind the beat – especially with the chords that are strummed. That’ll give the song a little more of a relaxed feel.

And it’s crazy that your phone didn’t fall down with that setup lol 😂

@janaq1 – Bravo Jana! 👏 I’m def gonna feature your performance on our socials this week!

@katazumiri – Loved it! Great drumming too! Perfect beat and groove for this tune 🙂

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@lynnzo – You can use low G 🙂

@marianne – My pleasure!

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@marianne – I think we’re talking about diff sections. Here’s what I meant:

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@marianne – Very well played Marianne! If you didn’t try it out already, in the chorus, for the chords:

Fadd9 (1): 0 9 8 12
Bb6sus2 (1): 0 10 8 8

Try using your middle finger to play the third string notes for both of those chords. That’s how Matt’s doing it and it looks like it makes that section a lot less of a finger frenzy.

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@misterbones – Lots of feel and attitude in your performance and I loved the accented strums! Great playing Michael 👏

@mickan88 – Y’all aced it! Beautifully played 🙂

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@alojzy_bomba – That was awesome! I’ll def be sharing your performance on our socials this week! Great playing 👏

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@anyon1 – That was amazing Adriana! What an awesome start for our June challenge 🙂

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@The_Bumble_Bard & @jasdel – My pleasure!

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Wow! 51 members joined us for this month’s challenge! Watching everyone’s performance has been a pleasure. BIG thanks to each of you who participated and bravo on a job well done!

Our June Challenge is LIVE and the theme is: Summer 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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shmu88
shmu88
anyon1
anyon1
marianne
marianne
nelsonlin2021
nelsonlin2021
deadbuggy
deadbuggy
leb397
leb397
misterbones
misterbones
alojzy_bomba
alojzy_bomba
leslieb
leslieb
katazumiri
katazumiri
lhamilton
lhamilton
henri0
henri0
ldarrow
ldarrow
The_Bumble_Bard
The_Bumble_Bard
grannieannie
grannieannie
rw1950merritt
rw1950merritt
clempek
clempek
karenj
karenj
janaq1
janaq1
kanique
kanique
mickan88
mickan88
brettboy
brettboy
rgillof
rgillof
malku2603
akukes73
akukes73
erwitt
erwitt
otzepeng
otzepeng
terryfallon3
terryfallon3
hiouke
maryjanew
maryjanew
ukefinlandgirl
bohdan
bohdan
lynnzo
lynnzo
nat-uke
nat-uke
gi_gi_
gi_gi_
xerxes
xerxes
riley_ukulele
riley_ukulele
ccwuke
ccwuke
frederic
frederic
johanna2509
johanna2509
dianna
dianna
cimarronsailor
cimarronsailor
ukealori
ukealori
bibilele
bibilele
yukalele
yukalele
anya09
karela
karela
leihali
leihali
joe150
joe150
dividedsky
dividedsky
jasdel
jasdel

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Here’s everyone on page 7 and 8.

@frederic – Fun for you to play, and fun for me to listen to! Great rhythm playing and you nailed the feel/vibe of the piece. Well done! 👏

@johanna2509 – Amazing that you played it so flawlessly after just one day of learning and practice, truly a testament to your musicianship!

@dianna – Really nicely played, Dianna! Your left-hand work was excellent. For your right hand, I noticed you’re primarily strumming by moving your wrist up and down. Try engaging your forearm more to create the down/up motion, which can help add fluidity to your overall sound.

Matt has a great lesson covering the basics of strumming technique, which talks about this in more detail.

@cimarronsailor – Beautifully played! 🙂

@ukealori – Great to see you back, Lori! Performance sounded great! Honestly, it just sounds like a little more practice will smooth out the minor hesitations/transitions. Great work for your first one back!

@bibilele – You nailed that! Great rhythm, timing, and feel. Bravo! 👏

The only thing I’d work on is the ending lick/riff. It’s a bit syncopated. Try counting and/or singing it, like I do in this video. And you can actually hear that I accidentally sang the very last bar with a slightly diff rhythm. My mistake, but it works! As long as it has that feel that matches the tune. And def try tapping your foot along as you do this 🙂

@yukalele – Really nicely done David! Melody B is pretty spot on, so I’ll focus my feedback on Melody A. Honestly, the only part I’m hearing that needs attention is the 8-7-5 (pull-off, slide) phrase, those first 2 notes are 16ths. So you wanna play those a little bit quicker. Try looping this section in the tab player and playing along with Evan. Aim to match him as close as possible. That’ll help you get it down.

@anya09 – Very beautifully played!

@karela – Here is my feedback for you with one playing tip to make your transitions smoother 🙂

@leihali – Sustain sounded great! You played it beautifully Kay!

@joe150 – Great work this month Joe! Playing sounded excellent!

@dividedsky – Beautifully played, Jane!

@jasdel – You nailed it! Excellent playing!

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Here’s everyone on page 6 that I hadn’t gotten to.

@hiouke – Beautifully played 🙂

@maryjanew – That was awesome MJ! Great to see you playing bass! You’ve got a great base (pun intended 😂) established, keep practicing and you’ll have it smooth in no time!

@ukefinlandgirl – You played it beautifully and smoothly, I’d say mission accomplished! The only thing I’m seeing is that it looks like you might have a bit of tension in your picking hand. Try to stay as relaxed as possible when fingerpicking 🙂

@bohdan – Very nicely paced! I really liked how you gave the A melody plenty of space, it added to the haunting beauty of the piece. Great playing throughout!

@lynnzo – Great fingerpicking, Lynn! The only area I’d focus on is smoothing out the ending, specifically the transition from major to minor for the F chords.

@nat-uke – If that’s last minute learning, then it’s a testament to your musicianship! Beautifully
played 👏

@gi_gi_ – Honestly, that’s amazing progress for 2 days! Keep practicing! It doesn’t sound like it
will take much more work to smooth it out 🙂

@xerxes – You played it great Milo! Fingerpicking technique and tone looks/sounded great!

P.S. I liked your write up. I too, tend to overanalyze things, lol. Keep doing what you’re doing, it’s working!

@riley_ukulele – You rocked that! Bravo!! 👏

BTW – I love your uke! I chuckled seeing the parental advisory sticker. Was actually talking to
my mom today and Al Gore came up in our convo. For us old enough to know or remember,
we can all thank Tipper for that label 😅

@ccwuke – Great rhythm and strumming chops Chris! The only spot I’d narrow down on is the chromatic barre chord walk down in the verse. It’s tough! Practice slow and focus on note clarity.

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