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Overall we had 32 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: NEXT LEVEL STRUMMING! There’s also a really cute prize for September! You can check out the new challenge here: https://rockclass101.com/september-2019-challenge
So without further ado, the winner of this month’s challenge is **drum-roll**
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Here are the last two folks on page 7. Stephen will post feedback for everyone on page 8 later today 🙂
ripley – Great job! Here is my feedback for you 🙂
gstriph – Left feedback for you in the video above, starting at 3:26.
@lisamcc – I’d recommend doing the pattern as Christopher recommends in the course.
If you are just doing the triplet strum alone, then there are many ways to do this technique 🙂
That’s a great suggestion! To be honest, some of the older songs (like Brown Eyed Girl) where ranked before I had a solid idea of what defined level 1, 2, etc. Older songs were also ranked before I introduced the “Beginner Series” level. So as you notice, some tunes probably should be placed at a higher level.
I’d use the ranking as a suggestion, not as a set in stone guide. Some of the best advice I have heard is: If you think an arr. is beyond your current level, give it a shot! Even if you don’t learn the entire arr., you will get better in the process.
Plus, I’m always happy to help on any lesson! Feel free to post ?’s on the forum if you need help.
wongbrown – Great job! Here is a video tip on the strumming technique 🙂
jinajupiter – I love the changes! Very creative and expressive! The only thing I can suggest is to watch the tempo, as some of the harder changes threw it off a bit. Overall very cool! I really like your version 🙂
@weabee, glad you found us! Please do join a challenge 🙂
holly1 – Super impressive for how long you’ve been playing! I’d be proud of that performance 🙂 Timing was excellent, as well as, note clarity.
For dynamics, give this a shot: accent beat 2 and the e of 2. So 2nd and 3rd strum. Try to hit these harder than the others. That will create a nice contrast in your strumming. This is also what @nthibode did.
One tip for fingerpicking the outro, try to keep a claw shape with the right hand, as shown in this guide. This is a more efficient way to pick.
willymac – Excellent roll in your attack, Wilfred! Wonderful performance, keep up the great work 🙂
Yikes! I’d play 6566.
I once watched a video lesson from Joe Pass and he said he only plays chords that are easy to fret/transition too. Really interesting to hear that from him.
@lyndallk – that’s so cool!
Glad to hear you enjoyed it! Feel free to post a video and I’ll be happy to take a look to see if there’s any suggestion I can make to help with the stretches 🙂
Wow Hong, that was amazing! Congrats on how far you have come 🙂 It’s an honor to be a part of your ukulele journey and I will def be sharing this video as it will be very inspiring for others who are just starting.
@gaberdude – Well done! I’m hearing that you are sustaining some phrases, but not every one. So that would be what I would work on, which is holding the double stops out for their entire duration so that they ring into each other. Everything else sounds great!
@planetfink – Here’s my feedback for you 🙂