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@emiliano – Wow Emiliano! Incredible playing! You’re 8th note triplet strum technique is amazing. Great feel, timing, and strumming technique all around! I’m def gonna feature your performance in our newsletter on Friday 🙂
I do have a couple suggestions:
Watch the tempo going into section D. And in the last section, the quarter note triplets, you’re playing those as 8th note triplets starting on beat 4.
Quarter note triplets are hard rhythms to play b/c it’s 3 hits split evenly over half the bar. Try playing along with the tab player in synthetic mode with the metronome activated. That should help you get those down.
Hi Kasia, it looks like YouTube is having technical difficulties with livestreams today, and Matt’s not able to get it to work. We’re rescheduling the livestream for Thursday at 5 PM ET. My apologies for the inconvenience.
@marianne – I think you aced all of the points you set out to accomplish, Marianne! Beautifully played!
@dhruv123 – Beautifully played, an excellent first post! One suggestion, try to place your thumb slightly above the middle of neck. That will help increase fretting dexterity, making the stretch chords, like: 0015, in measure 6, easier to play. Check out this lesson, it talks in more detail about thumb placement as it relates to proper left hand form.
Hope to see more of your playing in another challenge! 🙂
@gutoguedes – Nicely played Guto! I like how you incorporated strumming into the second half of the tune, it ties in perfectly with this month’s fingerpicking and strumming theme! The one thing I’d suggest working on is lightening your right hand attack when fingerpicking. This is a concept I demo-d and explained in this video a few years back for another member who was learning this song. You can ignore the comments on the left hand in that video.
This was a great first post, hope to see more of your playing in another challenge!
We had 34 members participate this month! Stephen and I enjoyed watching everyone’s performances! The amount of creativity and originality in y’all’s posts made this month’s challenge one for the books! 🙂
Without further ado, the two winners of this month’s challenge are ** drumroll **
Our February Challenge is LIVE: https://rockclass101.com/february-2025-challenge
You can choose either a fingerpicking or a strumming song! There are six options—three of each—at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.
We’re also giving away a brand-new ukulele that was just released this year! Made by Kanile’a, it’s designed to be the perfect travel companion. Hope to see everyone in the challenge!
Friendly Reminder – The deadline for receiving feedback and an entry into the giveaway is tonight at 11:59 PM ET (check your local time zone).
@dianna – It sounds awesome on that instrument! I loved it Dianna! I do have a few suggestions for you. The quarter note triplets, you’re playing them with a swing feel. Those need to have a straight feel. For the split stroke, work on that technique at a slower tempo with a focus on keeping it steady and getting the 4th string and 1st string single notes to ring as clear as possible.
For the last technique, the pluck strum, try to keep your right hand as close to the body of the uke as you can. Try bending the index finger in, to pluck the A string notes. You may wanna re-review the mechanics lesson and exercise to see the form that Chris recommends for this technique.
Overall, I thought you did a great job! You really nailed the feel and vibe of the piece!
@maryjanew – Sounding great MJ!
@nat-uke – Really nicely played w/ great feel Natalie! Your rasgueado technique sounds great! And amazing job on the keeping the tempo steady throughout!Hi guys, just a quick announcement to let y’all know that we added a new feature to forum searches. Results are now highlighted, making it much easier to sort through them 🙂
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@The_Bumble_Bard – The change you made for high G for the intro to Contemplations was perfect! It gave it the right sound that that technique needs. I like that you made that technique your theme for this month. It sounds great on all the tunes you played 🙂
@nelsonlin2021 – Congrats on completing the harmonics course and TY so much for the kind words, Nelson! Your performance was excellent! Great job getting the harmonics to ring and sustain clearly.
@Kasia – Very beautifully played with great feel throughout! Bravo Kasia 👏@anyon1 – Beautifully played Adriana 🙂
@marianne – You were locked in the whole time, great job Marianne!
@rw1950merritt – I thought you did a great job! Feel was spot on and your rolls sounded great! Well done Bob 👏@frederic – Wow! BIG improvement in all the aspects you mentioned but also in feel, tempo, note/chord clarity, and recording quality. Bravo 👏
@lhamilton – Beautifully played, Linda! I will def send this to Stephen 🙂