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Rickey, ideally you want to read and play. Though, the more you practice, eventually you’ll just have it memorized.
Correct, C would be an octave. G would be interchangeable if you were playing a high G, but the course isn’t written for high G, it’s intended for low G. You will learn the lower pitched C in the unit, natural notes on the C string. For now, keep focused on strings 1 and 2.
ayin08 – well done! Great job on the timing too. The only suggestion I have for you is to scoot your right hand back just a little bit. Check out this guide to see where we recommend hand placement. And keep up the great work! 🙂
cncamacho – great job and glad to hear you enjoy the Low G content! What I would turn your focus on when practicing is timing. Now that’s not to say that your timing is bad, because it’s not, it’s pretty good; but it can be a bit tighter. When you practice try to always play along with the metronome or the on-screen tab viewer. That’s the best way to strengthen it.
annefgodfrey – you are rocking it so far! Excellent job on the picado technique and your plucking attack sounds great – strong, yet warm. I know we talked about that and I can see you’ve been working on it, that’s awesome! Keep at it and I look forward to hearing where you end up. Don’t worry about playing the entire song, if you can get the next section or two as strong as this one, that’s what really matters 🙂
smudge – Alright, so let’s talk about the chord melody first – it was awesome and I really dig the changes you through in there! Your timing is excellent too.
So here’s the thing with the first part (single note melody), you started out really strong and then had a fumble in the third melody, but you never quite recovered. So if you listen back you hear that you continue playing, but if you tap along, you’ll notice that the beat was lost. So if this was to happen and you were playing in an ensemble, what you would need to do is fall out and come back in. The key here is to always know where the music is relative to the beat/bar. Now as a solo performer, you would want to keep going and play through your mistakes, but again always know where the music is relative to the beat/bar.
lynettejd – great job! I’d actually recommend the same advice I left above for cncamacho for you. The only thing to I want to suggest is to try a lighter pluck attack. A lighter attack will produce a softer, sweeter tone. But overall great job, keep up the good work!
@ayin08 – awesome job on Pink Panther. If you don’t mind, please post the video in this forum: https://rockclass101.com/forums/forum/showcase-your-playing/. You can make a new post there for it 🙂 I deleted it from here, as this forum is for the Feb challenge videos only.
@malachi – Optional. You can do it solo or as a duet.gstriph – great playing, Jerry! If I have to be really nitpicky, I’d say practice a touch slower as sometimes you got a little off the beat. For example the last phrase (32 seconds in) you started late, and it sounds like you may have fallen a beat behind. Actually I have a really good suggestion, use a metronome that has a different chime sound for beat 1. That way you know for sure where beat 1 falls.
swabbievet – welcome to the challenges, Carl! You did an awesome job for your first time up! 🙂 If I have to be super nitpicky (more than Jerry’s feedback above, LOL), the only thing that stuck out to me was the phrase that begins at 18 seconds. The start of that phrase, you can hear that you pick quite a bit softer than the rest of the piece. Try to keep it at an even volume throughout. But seriously this is like me trying to find an issue, i.e. Not a big deal. That was a great performance!
planetfink – I love that you added chords and made it a chord melody. It sounds so good, I had to share it on our social and email today. 🙂 Keep up the great work!
huckfine – Bravo! I made a quick video with a couple tips, here are the lessons I reference:
2) Proper Left Hand Form (Form 2)
One thing I forgot to mention in the video, for example at 19 seconds, you play: 3 on string 1, then 3 on string 2 using the same (ring) finger. I’d recommend using 2 fingers (one for each note), instead of the same finger to play both notes. Check out that part of the lesson video again to see the recommended fingering.
Welcome, Marjorie! Thanks for the kind words! We can def help you out with fingerstyle playing. I’m always around if you have questions. Feel free to email me or post on the forums 🙂
I use the Oasis OH-18.
Sheila, the sheet music contains the chord graphs that show the fingerings to use for the chords. When practicing, just practice the transition from chord 1 to 2. Don’t do any of the fingerpicking out of the chord stuff, focus on getting the muscle memory down to transition. Make sure you are using proper form for barre chords highlighted in this lesson and this one.
You can also watch Brett’s performance to see this progression being played.
If you need additional help, Stephen would be happy to help you out in a Skype lesson.
You may need to adjust the nut. Reach out to Mike @ Uke Republic. He’ll be better able to advise you on this. Tell him I sent ya.