[Andrew]

@willymac – Brilliant performance! The audio sounds great. That Kanile’a has such a rich tone. 🙂

I think you nailed some of the big subtle take aways, specifically the hammer-ons and pull-offs (P/O is the biggie here) and that harmonic pop towards the end. Great job overall, Brian!

[Andrew]

Hi Greg, I just approved Robin’s post. He did an excellent job breaking down your questions. Let us know if you need further clarity on anything.

You may also want to jump into the beginner’s course. As it has a lesson on understanding chart symbols and slides.

[Andrew]

@yooki-h – Excellent job! Sounds great! The only thing I’d suggest is to practice a bit slower, as it will allow you to focus on hitting every note/chord cleanly. But again, awesome overall! Keep up the great work! 🙂

[Andrew]

Hi Nikola, all of our low G lessons can be found here.

Furthermore, if you’re browsing the Ukulele Songs page, you can easily spot which are low G, as they all have a “Low G” banner:

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Some low G lessons will work okay for high G, but most will sound “off” as you’ve noticed. I’d recommend sticking with High G lessons for a High G uke.

[Andrew]

@rebeca – Great job on the 2 finger approach! This was an excellent performance overall. Great feel to your playing, too.

There’s only 1 minor (super minor) thing I noticed. The end of the B melody ends on a B note, but you slide it down a whole step. I’d let it resolve and fade on the B; much more pleasant to the ear 🙂

[Andrew]

@leosteelz0 – yes!

[Andrew]

Wow! 141 members joined us for this month’s challenge, with a few more posting an additional performance on a second tune! Stephen and I are BLOWN AWAY by how amazing everyone did! Big round of applause to everyone who participated this month. 🙂

Our May Challenge is LIVE and the theme is “Mixed Bag” (i.e. 4 completely unique songs from one another). We have quite a few entries in already! I hope each of you join us again.

Below, I will post a list of members who participated in the April challenge for your first chance to win the Kanile’a Ukulele. Please let me know if there are any discrepancies.

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deadbuggy
deadbuggy
lisamcc
lisamcc
cncamacho
cncamacho
noonka
noonka
morrieuke1
morrieuke1
raffybaking
robinboyd
robinboyd
voyager
voyager
unclemymy
unclemymy
taylor22jane
taylor22jane
rebeca
ukelars
lildevil
lildevil
johanna2509
johanna2509
alex2531255
laurasil
hiloukes
willymac
willymac
tric_o_tronic
tric_o_tronic
lisa-k
lisa-k
nthibode
nthibode
gstriph
gstriph
uku_on
uku_on
kirpuff
kirpuff
nproost
nproost
rfritz3
rfritz3
surfnrz
surfnrz
barbecueblack
barbecueblack
dennisdickens
dennisdickens
lyndallk
lyndallk
aloooy
aloooy
eszti5mail
eszti5mail
brettboy
brettboy
marianne
marygrace
marygrace
lisadmh
lisadmh
funtime2018
funtime2018
andrewvh
andrewvh
sticks366
sticks366
turkgoose
turkgoose
rockmyuke
rockmyuke
janelletingey
janelletingey
joe150
joe150
wongbrown
wongbrown
alisefrenchyuky
alisefrenchyuky
threepwoodjones
mr_moltes
Catherine
Catherine
karenj
karenj
jedart
stianukulele
timolnz
timolnz
nathalie
nathalie
tim0721
tim0721
oldan_
oldan_
eyka321
eyka321
mszatanik
mszatanik
dorabr
kaidunc
kaidunc
elealong12
holly1
holly1
brightwing
debb1985
debb1985
kanae926
kanae926
lhamilton
lhamilton
cyukug
cyukug
simonalexander
artcrocker
sgorsuch
sgorsuch
amandali
amandali
hawaiihaze
hawaiihaze
miztaken
miztaken
andracass
andracass
juanita
andyrose
andyrose
camifromtherfarpatagonia
peiching
jkulele
jkulele
planetfink
planetfink
yooki-h
ccwuke
ccwuke
dal08260
rustypal
rustypal
givingtree89
givingtree89
tiff27
smokealot
smokealot
iyers408
iyers408
coffeemug
coffeemug
kayleighb
kayleighb
lisotta
lisotta
mark1256
mark1256
sgwarren
sgwarren
kkaszuba
kkaszuba
goody2shoes
goody2shoes
b_ukes_101
b_ukes_101
ukuleleloo
ukuleleloo
laurakarr12
laurakarr12
philbateau
philbateau
timtamaus
ivo_zag
cimarronsailor
cimarronsailor
kellyblackburn
kellyblackburn
riley_ukulele
riley_ukulele
marksearles
jayton
jayton
charlie3
charlie3
bklynsoul
bklynsoul
rufio0
rufio0
smudge
smudge
verity2003
verity2003
katariin
katariin
apblondie
apblondie
mfaske
mfaske
mljordan3
mljordan3
nosferatu
rickeymike
rickeymike
magnuselvar
magnuselvar
santai
santai
leosteelz0
leosteelz0
jonathan_gabel
jonathan_gabel
akichman
akichman
cloud_cactus
golf39
golf39
gardn_gnome
gardn_gnome
joannetala
joannetala
mac1984
mac1984
sprintingyogini
sprintingyogini
johnnyquickpants
johnnyquickpants
ukulelemaster3000
hotshot
nitsur
nitsur
bzediver
bzediver
emiliano
emiliano
jinajupiter
shmu88
shmu88
puppylovesuke
puppylovesuke
ronnieg
ronnieg
johnnyrotten
johnnyrotten
ukukelley1
ukukelley1
omaon4
omaon4
macdog
macdog

[Andrew]

Here are folks on page 21 that submitted within our deadline.

johnnyrotten – your playing sounds great and I’m glad you joined us for your first challenge! 🙂

So timing wise, you’re playing the phrases well, but you want to work on connecting one phrase to the next while keeping the timing steady. And the best way to do this is to tackle four or eight bar sections at a time. Master that before moving on to the next section.

ukukelley1 – well done, Sheryl! I dig the relaxed feel. So two things come to mind. One is to keep working on the campanella runs; Try to get those a little bit more fluid. But I also think you should push yourself to go a little bit faster on this one. I think that’d be a good challenge for you.

omaon4 – great job! I’d leave out the backbeat for the moment and would recommend playing with the tab player. You’ll have Matt’s playing as a guide and the backing track to help you stay locked into the groove. Both of which will help reinforce your timing.

But here’s the big thing: Work on 4 bar sections at a time. When you get comfortable with one section, do the next section, and then build it from there. After working through the song this way, I’d go back and add the backbeat, but make sure you add it only to beats 2 & 4.

macdog – the triplet run sounded awesome, Greg! Definitely can tell you put some work into it! Rest of it was great too. It sounds like you just need to memorize it fully. That’ll help you connect each phrase and keep it steady throughout. So I’d say with a little bit more practice, you’ll have it rockin’! 🙂

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My pleasure!

[Andrew]

I’m not sure why it would be out of sync… as long as you’re recording to track #1, it should be as simple as lining both up together in the video editor.

Recording multiple audio tracks is even easier if you have a DAW. Check out our recording course for more info on that.

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brettboy – Here’s my feedback for you 🙂

nthibode – Here’s my feedback for you 🙂

shmu88 – That was an awesome performance, Sam! Keep up the great work 🙂

schaap123 – I was blown away by your performance! I’m super impressed that you learned both of his right hand techniques. Brilliant job!

deadbuggy – Hi Sara, here’s my thoughts. This is also all IMO.

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Here is everyone on page 19.

rickeymike – here is my feedback for you 🙂

magnuselvar – I think you’ve got a great base established! I’d recommend playing with the tab player. You’ll have Matt’s playing as a guide and the backing track to help you stay locked into the groove. Both of which will help reinforce your timing.

But here’s the big thing: Work on 4 bar sections at a time. When you get comfortable with one section, do the next section, and then build it from there.

santai – awesome performance, Marvin! If I have to be really nit-picky, I’d say keep working on the technique so that you nail it every time – but there was only a few times you didn’t. You did a great job, keep it up!

P.S. this advice goes for me too, LOL 🙂

leosteelz0 – excellent job! Super clean playing and your timing sounds great! At this point, what I suggest is to challenge yourself to play a little bit faster – not a lot – but try 5 or 10 bpm faster, and when that becomes comfortable, bump it another 5 or 10.

jonathan_gabel – awesome job on the timing w/out the backing track. I’m impressed! Your playing sounds great as well. Keep up the great work 🙂

akichman – well done! So the thing that I would recommend is to actually slow it down a little bit, that way you can focus on getting every hit crystal clear – notes, chords, strum attack, etc.

So try about a quarter of the speed you played it at slower. When you’ve got it down clean, try to boost the tempo marginally up. When you get comfortable there, repeat.

cloud_cactus – great job, Brinley! So you definitely got the tune down, but I would practice on mastering one section at a time, and building it piece by piece.

Check out our “how to practice” guide. This was our first lesson in music college, literally on day one, and it’s worth its weight in gold 🙂

golf39 – here is my feedback for you 🙂

gardn_gnome – great job! So I’d actually recommend the same advice I left above for, magnuselvar.

joannetala – killer playing on the strumming section, Joanne! I think that’s some of the best playing I’ve heard from you 🙂

The one critic I do have is that you want to try to match the tempo of the fingerpicked section to the strumming section. So keep working on bringing that up to the same tempo.

mac1984 – awesome job! Fingerpicked section sounds great and you’ve got the triplet strum down, but work on getting it more consistent so that you nail it each time. And the best way to do that is just to slow the tempo down and work it up to speed. Keep up the great work!

sprintingyogini – welcome back, Wendy! That was a solid performance, bravo! And I love the backdrop 🙂

johnnyquickpants – here is my feedback for you 🙂

[Andrew]

Here is everyone on page 18. Due to the large amount of entries, we’re only going to be leaving feedback on first entries.

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smudge – excellent job! Triplet strum sounds great 🙂 the only suggestion I have is to memorize the piece.

verity2003 – great job! I’d recommend playing with the tab player. You’ll have Matt’s playing as a guide and the backing track to help you stay locked into the groove. Both of which will help reinforce your timing.

But here’s the big thing: Work on 4 bar sections at a time. When you get comfortable with one section, do the next section, and then build it from there.

katariin – beautiful playing and great feel 🙂

apblondie – sounds great, Ashlee! Sometimes, you’re getting a little bit ahead of the beat, so what I would do is play along with the tab player. Matt’s playing will act as a guide and help you stay locked into the groove. Keep up the great work!

mfaske – sounds awesome! Super clean and timing sounds spot on in the strumming section. But I would put a little bit more practice in the fingerpicking section to keep it steadier. Overall, great job!

mljordan3 – killer job on the timing with no backing track! Very impressive! Your playing has a lovely tone. Fantastic submission, keep up the great work and thank you for the kind words!

nosferatu – playing sounds great! I think with a little bit more practice the very minor things (i.e. note clarity on some of the campanella walk ups) can be eliminated.

isabelm – awesome start! Try to straighten your index finger when doing the partial barre, it should help get that second string note to ring out better.

Unfortunately, I cannot give you an entry for this month since you didn’t perform the entire arrangement. But major props for tackling an advanced piece!

[Andrew]

@wongbrown – Hi Sheila, so the backbeat should only be on beats 2 and 4. Try and draw an X on the tab over the hits on those beats. It will help you to visually see when it should happen.

[Andrew]

@lhamilton – They sound great! I’d slow the tempo down a bit to practice nailing it each time. But technique looks good, keep up the great work!

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