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Glad they were helpful Tony! Let’s knock out these questions.
1) I don’t really have any advice. To be honest, I really dislike playing standing up. I find it too hard to do unless you use a strap.
2) Do you mind posting a video? I’ll be better able to help if I can see what’s happening.
Wow Tony, that’s awesome that you have found a passion for uke! I too began on guitar, but have equally enjoyed playing this awesome instrument. I’m glad you found us and hope you join one of our monthly challenges. It’s a great way to keep motivated and have fun 🙂
Wow Chip! That is so very kind of you 🙂 As I had already factored in part of Rickey’s and my donation, the total amount we raised was slightly less than the figure you listed above.
Together we raised $737 for The Ukulele Kids Club. This was enough to purchase 18 ukuleles for the kids! Truly amazing! Thank you to everyone for your generosity.
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I also want to say a big thanks to all who participated this month. Overall we had 22 members participate! I enjoyed watching everyone’s performances. So, without further ado here is the winner of this month challenge:
Congrats! Please send me an email with five songs you would like me to arrange and I will pick the one that I think I could do the best 🙂
I’ve also left feedback below for those of you who I haven’t yet. Don’t forget to check out our January challenge. January’s theme is a fun one, you get to choose what you want to work on! Here is the link for the challenge: https://rockclass101.com/january-2018-challenge.
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surfpimp9er – excellent playing and feel! Great performance, keep up the good work!
ukuleleloo – sounds great! The only suggestion I have is to pluck the double 5 once more before it slides up to 6. I hope we get to hear the rest of the tune this December 🙂
mayaqatsi – thank you so much for donating! And I’m glad you joined one of our challenges 🙂 honestly, I thought you did a superb job! I can tell that you have been playing for awhile. I liked how when you went up to the higher voiced G chord, you changed the dynamic to be more subtle. It really emphasizes the louder section that happens after that. Very tasteful.
Since your camera recording distorted, it’s harder to tell if some parts were played too loud or if it’s just the recording. I’m thinking it’s just the recording, because nothing in your hands signals overly harsh hits. Your attack on the tapped harmonic looked fine to me. Sometimes it may just be the uke. Have you tried it on a different uke with more success?
Deb – mission accomplished, you definitely had fun! That was awesome! You know that version was inspired by Brian Setzer. I’m a huge Stray Cats fan and every year he goes on a holiday tour. Definitely recommend it if you’re into his music 🙂
With only a few hours left until the New Year, we are sitting at 22 submissions. I’m going to bump up my donation to $125 and submit it to The UKC as this amount will cover the cost for 3 ukes @ $40 a piece.
I’ll be tallying up our donation amount soon and will leave feedback for the 4 submissions I haven’t yet 🙂 Big thanks to all for your generosity this month!
Should make no difference in tone/projection. If you need to install a button, it would require to drill into body. May want to have you local shop do that if you do not feel confident.
We are at 18 submissions Chip. The goal was 50, so it doesn’t look like we will hit it. BUT, that doesn’t matter because the real goal was to raise $500 for the kids and we are well over that at $633. This communities generosity is amazing!
Another member has anonymously donated $50 🙂 This brings our total amount raised up to $633! Amazing!
Wow, thank you so much for your donation Lisa! And great job playing 🙂 here is a short little video with some tips for you. Let me know if you have any questions.
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Very smooth MT! But, there is one important thing that I want to point out about your performance, and you are the second person to do this for this month’s challenge, which is to perform the song in 4/4 instead of 3/4. Check out this post for advice and a video that I left to help Lisa with this. Let me know if you have any questions. And thank you for donating!!
That was awesome Cory! You did really well! That piece has some tricky chord movement. I too always thought it was difficult switching back and forth between instruments as neck profiles vary. And on that note, there’s always a bit of a learning curve when you get a new instrument. It was a bit odd when I got my Kanile’a at first since I’m used to beefier necks. But I grew to love it 🙂