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Answered in video form 🙂

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@laurasil – That was an excellent performance! The only things that I noticed are so minor that they really are just nitpicky. But, that’s what I do LOL. You should see how I overanalyze my own playing 🙂

There was a minor pause before the plucked chords at 34 seconds. And the tapped heartbeat that happens after that, I’d speed the tempo up a little bit more to match the pace of the rest of the piece.

BTW, what uke did you get?

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@robinboyd – Yep, I must have pasted the wrong link.

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@lisadmh – Soundslice doesn’t have functionality for ritardando or fermatas in synthetic mode. I hope they add it soon, as I program all of that info in when I notate in GP.

@becky7777 – Guess he talked about Star Wars haha

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gstriph – Well done! Okay so the thing that you want to work on is sustain. But here’s the thing, when I listen back, I hear you sustain some sections and then I hear you struggle with others. And I think the struggle is what you mean by saying, ‘I want to get it more fluid.’

So if you listen to the walk up phrase at 41 to 45 seconds, it sustains nicely, but if you contrast that to the next phrases (up to a minute), it’s a bit choppy.

Check out this video below, it gives my recommendations on developing sustain. While you’re working on this, also focus on note clarity in the chords.

robinboyd – So your comment about the “scratchy” part, aka the vamp on the E minor chord that happens in the intro and breakdown, that’s not really set to a specific rhythm, it’s more of “play to feel”. And this is something that the composers of the theme do a lot, watch this video – about a minute into it they talk about it:

I went back and watched your first take, here it is for those who want to check it out:

There’s a big difference in the subtleties. Accented chord hits are more distinct as opposed to the fingerpicking volume. The plucked chords have more clarity and a sharper punch to them. Tempo and fluidity is up. And that scratchy part has a much better feel. What I’d work on is to continue to boost tempo. But you should be proud of your progress, it’s quite impressive.

deadbuggy – Ohh, your variations on the main theme make it sound Irish Jig like. Really cool!

I think your focus should be on the Imperial Theme. I’d slow the tempo down and leave your changes out for the time being. Break it into sections and use the tab player to play along with Matt. He kept it really steady in this section. Focus on the hard technique areas, like the anchored chords that incorporate slides.

BTW – Love the setting for your video 🙂

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Here is the PDF for tonight 🙂

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@becky7777 – Andrew in a lot of lessons is like “We play the 8th notes like quarter notes”

Why not just make them quarters?

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This question is in reference to counting in 6/8, which tells you to count six eighth notes per measure.

Most of the time we are playing in 4/4, which tells us to count 4 (top number) quarter notes (bottom number) per measure. Which means that we get so used to counting 1,2,3,4 and associating these numbers as quarter notes (which they are).

So when we switch to 6/8. I don’t want people to get confused and try to count it as 1 & 2 & 3 &. So I recommend to count it as whole numbers (1 2 3 4 5 6), which ties back to the association of quarter notes in 4/4 (which are whole numbers). But they are not quarter notes, it is 6 8th notes.

I’m sure Matt can elaborate more on this.

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Hey guys! Friendly reminder, tonight’s live lesson will be all about working with a metronome 🙂

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@planetfink – Beautiful playing and wow, congrats on the new uke! The only critiques I can offer is to lighten your thumb attack a touch to soften the strum sound and listen back for chords that didn’t sustain/ring clear. Target those, for ex. G5 (0235) was a bit buzzy on some hits.

@Gaby – That was impressive for learning so fast! I think with a little more practice, you could clean up some of the buzzy notes. But overall, well done! I like the little change you through in before the last melody too. 🙂

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Sounds fine on my end.

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Sounds fine to me. Try: 0 7 7 10. Puts root at top (on 4).

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Beautiful, Rickey! I know Anne is going to love it 🙂

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Glad you dig this week’s lesson! Please add your requests to this post. 🙂

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Check out this post for help with that technique 🙂

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That was so much fun to watch! Thx for sharing 🙂

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