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@barbecueblack – thank you! I added you to the list and wonderful playing. Keep up the good work 🙂
planetfink – Mouth kazzoo! I need to send this to Katie, she’d get a kick out of it! I loved it, creative intro and blended perfectly into the fingerstyle piece. Really dig how you slowed down with the last part of the tune, which added a lot to the overall emotion. Excellent job this month, Kathy!
cauer2 – Aced it, Chris! Great feel overall 🙂
Robin, I think I gave an alternative suggestion in the lesson video. Should be towards the end, when that part is covered.
rickjava – Well done! This feedback is similar to what I left for Johanna earlier this month, which is on increasing sustain 🙂
I actually think that sounds really cool. For the 2nd half of bar 6, change the rhythms to:
3 & Triplet (8th note trip)
That will make it perfect 🙂
@annefgodfrey – thank you so kindly for your donation, Anne! 🙂 Please email me the amount you donated so I can keep the tally up to date.
@mfaske – thanks for the explanation! I’ll go with the end comment, ignore it lol 🙂
I use to use PowerDirector for Windows. I liked it a lot and wrote a guide on how to use it for our recording course.
No idea, Rickey. But it looks like you are using IE. That browser has been discontinued and I’d highly encourage you to use its replacement, Edge. Or any other current browser: chrome, firefox, etc.
lyndallk – I really dig the rhythm changes! I think they all work fine, but for bar 4 it’s a little confusing. You hold beat 4 longer and it leaves me wondering where bar 5 starts on. I would play it as we notated, and start on beat 2 in next measure; I think that fits the arrangement you’ve created. But really awesome overall, great job!
Thanks guys!
@rickeymike – I don’t see “L SEP”. What/where is it?johanna2509 – Well done! Here is my feedback for you, Johanna.
deadbuggy – That was super fun to watch! Here’s my one idea for you 🙂
podgornik – Great job! Here is my feedback for you and here is our starter lesson on rhythm and our reading course.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED THIS MONTH! WE HAD 80 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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andracass
andracass
turkgoose
turkgoose
rickjava
nosferatu
nosferatu
lisadmh
lisadmh
deadbuggy
deadbuggy
johanna2509
johanna2509
andrewvh
andrewvh
lyndallk
lyndallk
planetfink
planetfink
cauer2
cauer2
nthibode
nthibode
brenna
brenna
holly1
holly1
stinyuke
stinyuke
willymac
willymac
suesbarn
suesbarn
k_ra11
k_ra11
annefgodfrey
annefgodfrey
oldan_
oldan_
jkulele
jkulele
laurakarr12
laurakarr12
russellbarnett
russellbarnett
karenj
karenj
ccwuke
robinboyd
robinboyd
timolnz
timolnz
brettboy
brettboy
brettboy
lisotta
lisotta
rickeymike
rickeymike
cyukug
cyukug
mdugal
mdugal
joe150
joe150
fiona99
fiona99
ripley
ripley
joannetala
joannetala
kellyblackburn
kellyblackburn
alterin
alterin
nerdjenni
nerdjenni
ramiro
mac1984
lisamcc
lisamcc
mac1984
cyberloh
cyberloh
smudge
smudge
kirpuff
kirpuff
kirpuff
gardn_gnome
gardn_gnome
golf39
golf39
golf39
jayton
jayton
surfnrz
surfnrz
surfnrz
kelsey91
wongbrown
wongbrown
dubrova
dubrova
tiff27
jazzitup
ramon91
jinajupiter
jinajupiter
yukalele
yukalele
coffeemug
coffeemug
gstriph
gstriph
mfaske
mfaske
jonathan_gabel
jonathan_gabel
apblondie
apblondie
givingtree89
givingtree89
ukukelley1
ukukelley1
mweir1
mweir1
ealtman
ealtman
bklynsoul
bklynsoul
chi-_-t
chi-_-t
nitsur
nitsur
santai
santai
kanae926
kanae926
lildevil
lildevil
laurasil
laurasil
aquatopaz
aquatopaz
cherrytang
barbecueblack
barbecueblackHere is everyone on page 18.
Five of you submitted past the deadline. I tried to give everyone a friendly reminder about the deadline. Unfortunately, deadlines are strict this year. I’m sorry guys.
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nitsur – Great job! There’s a couple areas that I’d target your practice towards:
1) Listen back and notate when there were pauses going from one chord or phrase to the next. You want to loop those sections & practice the transitions.
2) Watch your tempo in the strumming section, as it increased here and there. Try to play along with a metronome or the on-screen tab viewer to help you keep the beat steady.
santai – Bravo! It’s fun to see your progress this year! Form in both hands looks great. Great understanding of the rhythms too, and your feel is spot-on. The only thing I can suggest is to focus on improving the clarity of the fingerpicked section and work on cleaning up the last part of the strumming section. Keep up the good work!
kanae926 – Absolutely beautiful! What I think you excelled the most at is making it sound extremely natural and relaxed. Like, this could be on an easy listening CD. I don’t know what gripes you have about it, but I’d be proud of that. Keep up the great work!
lildevil – You guys are too hard on yourself, that was awesome! You had a great feel overall and and showed a thorough understanding of the rhythms, as well as, keeping it steady tempo-wise. I’d give you an A, keep up the great work!
laurasil – That was awesome! The hardest part about this and Bohemian are the constantly changing rhythms, and it’s clear to me that you have a great understanding of this. Even the solo, which is super hard to keep with a steady momentum without a backbeat, had clearly defined rhythms.
What I would do if I was you, is to take just one section, like a verse or a chorus, and I want you to try to increase the tempo a little bit. But only work on one section at a time. When you can play that section steadily, try it with the next, then connect the 2. Use this approach as you work throughout the tune.
aquatopaz – Great job! So the strumming section sounds like you’re struggling a little bit with getting the rhythms correct. Check out this video that I made for another member earlier this month. It talks about simplifying the strumming attack, as well as, counting rhythms as you play. Try those two concepts out and I think they will help you get it down.
cherrytang – Well done! Glad to see new folks join us and I hope you join us again for December. I thought your performance was great overall; the advice I would offer you is similar to the video I made in this post for another member. Which talks about pushing ourselves to play a little bit faster to help increase speed.
