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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.
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Alissa, try to play using the least amount of pressure required when fretting notes/chords. We only need to push hard enough to produce a clear tone. And for the right hand, try a lighter attack for plucking/strumming; again same concept, only enough force to make the notes ring clear. This should be a good way to practice with less tightness.
You can definitely use flashcards.
To play an octave up, you need to add 12.
Fret 0 = A + 12 = Fret 12 (octave up)
Fret 1 = Bb + 12 = Fret 13 (octave up)
Fret 2 = B + 12 = Fret 14 (octave up)
Fret 3 = C + 12 = Fret 15 (octave up)
Fret 5 = D + 12 = Fret 17 (octave up)
I wouldn’t recommend working on an octave up at this time. Focus on Frets 0-5.
Big thanks to everyone who participated this month! It was super cool to see you guys working on so many different areas of playing. Without further ado, the winner of the Skype lesson is:
Our February challenges is LIVE: https://rockclass101.com/february-2019-challenge. Hope to see you guys there!
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Here is everyone on page 13.
ukuleleloo – great job on the speed, and I really like that you played softer at times, so dynamics sounded great to me. What I would focus on is keeping the tempo steady. And the trick with the tap is a lightning fast, precise hit. If you watch your second performance, your tap needs a quicker hit. That should make it ring out.
ukukelley1 – Here is a video with some tips for you 🙂
kanae926 – That was a fantastic take! And you nailed the harmonic 🙂 I’d target your practice on the ending section that adds the thumb tap. Practice slow and focus on clarity, then go back and add the preceding part, but keep the tempo steady.
becky7777 – That’s a very pretty tune. The trick with slides is to keep pressure applied why you slide, and to slide smoothly from the starting fret to the ending fret. So if you’re sliding from 5 to 7, you want to slide over 6, not lingering on it, but passing through it. We’ve got a lesson on slides in our Beginners Course where this is shown and explained in detail if you need a recap.
Here is everyone on page 12.
hlglazi – cool to see you write your own arrangement. That’s the Metallica song that plays off the open strings on the guitar, which if we wanted to stay in the same key, we could replicate via a higher voiced Em: 9777. Of course after the intro lick, adding the melody would be quite tricky as it would be the past the 12th fret on the A string. Instead what I would have done, is change the key to Am. Then you could play in roughly the same position as the guitar, just a different key.
planetfink – Here’s a video to help with HO/PO. And check out our Theory and Jamming Course to learn 2 approaches for soloing.
smudge – well done! So the hard thing about this one is the timing, and it’s really my fault, I played it extremely loose, practically free time. This one and “Something” were the two performances that made me put an emphasis on keeping a steady beat with future arrangements.
Since your focus was on adding a backbeat, try an arrangement that stays more in time, like “I’m Yours”. Timing would be my next focus for you.
imminside – dude, watching your progress has been so much fun! And I love that song! Percussion and timing sound spot on, great job. I get the feeling that you were inspired by:
awiealissa – ohh!! I like how you have multiple strum attacks, 1 straight, 1 arpeggiated. Doing that helps to add different textures to different chords. Your fingerpicking patterns are intricate, yet not overly busy. You also have great use of dynamics. The only thing I’d work on, and I told you before, is to relax more. You can see the tension in your hands at times, which unfortunately translates to what we hear. Focus on the latter and you’ll be unstoppable.
lisamcc – Wow, bravo! That was amazing 🙂 I remember recording this performance, I was at the peak of right hand forearm pain. Those were the days before I went to PT and got dry needled. I’m amazed I did as well as I did under the circumstances. BUT, it def was not my cleanest playing.
As you find out, it’s a really hard song to play. Kudos to anyone who tackles it. Target your practice to the areas at the end that were tricky, but overall, really well done!
Lol Robin – I’ve only seen 2 MP movies: Holy Grail and Life of Brian. I’m still afraid of Rabbits hahaha
Hi Korey,
You can only do the arrangements that are contained in the course.
For ex, the course has a lesson on:
But, we also have a chord melody arrangement of Ode to Joy found in the Ukulele Songs Series. You can not do the latter.
You can swap out a low G, although adjustments to the nut may have to be made. In the first post, I listed the songs from the challenge that do not require a low G to be played.