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awesomestrings, fantastic job on the first tune! Perfect performance! And big improvement on the second one, the feel is much better! Watch out when you get to the second melody in that song as you sped up quite a bit. I’d suggest to practice with a metronome or with the on-screen tab and be cognitive of your timing. For the last song, I’d encourage you to go back and relearn the piece using the fingerings I suggest for the chords. The way you played it is making it much more difficult than it has to be. But, great job overall and I love your enthusiasm!
hafeez3115, thanks for the kind words and wow very good job for your first fingerstyle song! Here is a short video with a few tips for you. And here is the link to the lesson on proper right hand form.
Daðason, fantastic job! I shared this on our Facebook page 🙂 here is a short video with a few tips for you.
Tessa, I would take it easy on that finger for the time being. Here is an easier way to play that phrase:
Thanks guys for all the kind words, means a lot! And it’s super awesome to see so many videos in already 🙂
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awesomestrings – let’s save those questions for our next lightning round 🙂 But please feel free to post a performance video, I’d be happy to offer feedback.
wabbit – great idea, I will keep that in mind for a future video!
Lisa – is that a new uke? It sounds really buzzy, which I can’t recall hearing anything along those lines in any of your videos. In the past we talked about playing with a swung feel. If I were you, that’s where my focus would be. I think the best way to do that is to play along with my recording and slow it down to whatever speed you need and try to match that feel. You’ve got a really great base established and now your focus should be on cleaning it up and nailing that feel.
lalo_eer – wow, amazing to see someone tackle this! I think it’s the hardest one on the site. First off, make sure you tune before you record 🙂 I watched your performance three times and I think overall, you have great form in both hands and great timing. There are two sections in particular that I think you should narrow in and practice more.
The walk down at 45 seconds in, take a look at how you are pulling that third string down. We always want to try to keep that string even, because if you pull it down, you will pull that note Sharp.
The other section I would work on begins at one minute. It is the diminished lick that walks down. Take that lick and put it to a metronome and practice it as 16th notes. Start slow and gradually build it up to speed.
Overall I’m really impressed and I love to see when you guys memorize pieces. Keep up the great work!
machie – let’s start with our first song. It looks like you are hunched over a little too much, check out this lesson and this one for tips on how to hold the ukulele. I really enjoy watching your progress videos, and you made great progress quickly on this one! Timing sounds great. When you’re strumming, I can hear your nail hit the neck. I’d recommend to strum lower, over the sound hole. Check out this lesson to see where we recommend your strumming hand to be.
For the vibrato lesson, try the single note vibrato with a little more subtle up and down movement. A cool idea would be to try this with the first song (our first song).
So for that barre chord in exercise 5, I can see what you are talking about as your index appears bent. I see that you are forming that chord with your ring finger where your middle finger should be, because it looks like you are using the middle finger to push the index down for Extra Strength. This is actually a bad habit, we want to build finger strength in the index so it doesn’t need a “crutch”. Take that barre chord and move it up the neck, it will be easier to practice higher up because there is less pressure.
Check out this lesson to make sure you have proper form and practice playing one note at a time to see if each note is ringing clearly. If it isn’t, it’s due to one of two reasons: You are not pushing hard enough or you need to adjust the curve of your finger (in this case the middle finger) because it is curving down and touching the second string, essentially muting it.
Hey Pup, it’s always easier to get a cleaner sound closer to the fret, but not directly on top of it. Here’s some more tips on left hand form for barre chords in this lesson from our beginner’s course.
Check out the 2nd video on this page and jump 5 minutes into in for a visual overview of what Lisa wrote 🙂
Ahh yes, I played that bar wrong on the performance. I’d do what the tab and lesson say, as I think it sounds better. But up to you 🙂
If you were asking about left hand form, check out this lesson from our beginner’s course. We cover the same shape, minus the 3rd finger. But the form is the same, just add the ring finger.
Here’s a good article on it 🙂
Great job awesomestrings! Really cool to see 2 songs back to back. I thought you did really well on the first one. What I’d work on is smoothing it out a bit; for example when you go from the first Melody to the second, you play the second Melody like we are jumping into a punk song, lol! I actually think it’s really cool how much more emphasis it has, but I think Angelo (who wrote the song) intended it to be a smooth transition, as in an even volume projection.
Watch out on your timing too, going from section to section, as the chords were played at a quicker Tempo than the picking Melody.
For the second song, I’d keep working on that swung rhythmic feel. Try to keep that feel constant throughout the entire piece. Play along with my recording with the on-screen tab viewer. It will help you get that feel down.
And to answer your question, check out the advice I left for another member here.
So glad to see you two are enjoying it 🙂 Great tune and performance, one helpful tip, try not to bend at the first joint when fretting notes and chords.