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That was excellent Steve! That uke sounds nice too! I like that you added the 4th string notes for the chords. The only thing that stuck out to me was on the last riff. You pulled the 2nd string notes down a bit, so watch out for that as it will cause the note to sound a bit sharp. Overall, awesome, sounds great!
My pleasure ultramom 🙂
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Fantastic playing ukedumb! Bravo! My only suggestion for you is to keep your fingers curved at the first knuckle when fretting notes. This is vital for proper form. Keep playing, you sound great!
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Lisa, there’s no cheating in ukulele, oh wait, I meant crying lol!
My pleasure Christy 🙂 happy to help!
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Great playing Daniel! Timing and clarity of the notes sounds great! The video I left above with some tips for Quentin will also be helpful for you. Couple things you want to work on are the transitions: Going from the riff to the chords and back without pause. Also, in the video I talked a little bit about muting the 4th string when strumming. The reason to do this, is because that string clashes with the chords (sounds dissonant). Overall, great job I enjoyed your performance!
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Hi Lisa, here is a short little video with some tips to help you out 🙂
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Hi Vida, I actually watched your performance after Lisa’s. But, the advice I gave her can help you out a lot too. You said it sounded mechanical with the metronome, and that is very true, that can happen. And in this lesson, we talked all about how Marisa was so focused on playing the music, or should I say reading the music, she wasn’t paying attention to how she was performing it. The same could be true if you are so focused on the metronome.
This is a very beautiful song and the notes and the chords should sustain into each other. That’s what I talked about in Lisa’s video above. The other thing I would suggest for you, is to slow it down a little bit. This will help you focus even more so on the tone that you are producing.
Overall, I think you’re doing very well and I’m excited to see your progress with this piece. 🙂
Welcome Charlene! Here is an extra lesson to help with the harmonics. If you still have questions, please post a video and I’ll be happy to offer suggestions 🙂
Welcome Joseph! I’m so happy you won the ukulele 🙂 And it’s awesome to hear you are traveling, you’ll create a lot of great memories!
Check out our step-by-step guide on where to start and what to work on with our lessons: https://rockclass101.com/learning-paths/. This month’s challenge has a great beginner fingerpicking song: Our First Song. Give it a shot and join the challenge 🙂
Wow Christy! You are rocking for 1 month of playing, great job! One thing that I noticed: when strumming, your wrist sticks out and then your hand curves in. We want to keep our strumming hand and wrist straight. Which looks like this:
Check out these two lessons from our beginners course for more tips on strumming:
Overall, I’m really impressed by you, keep up the good work!
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Well played ultramom! Timing sounds great! I’m glad you are back to playing the ukulele, it’s so much fun 🙂 A couple days ago I left some feedback for Quentin on this song. He was having some issues with the chords sounding a little funny. And it really comes down to muting the 4th string when you strum, as the open G note will clash with this chord progression. I’ll link the video starting at that spot below for some suggestions to help you clean up that section. But other than that, keep playing it sounds great!
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smokedcow1807, wow you’ve got some speed! Great playing! Moving forward, I would focus on polishing up the piece a touch. So actually, if you watch the video I embedded above, but start from the beginning, the tips in there will help you. For example one thing you can work on is to make sure that when you transition from the riff to the chords that your timing remains constant. And just double check that you don’t speed up in a section.
By the way, the YouTube link didn’t work but the download link did. Just an FYI for others that want to listen to your performance 🙂
Wow! You guys rock 🙂 Taimane read through all the comments and absolutely loved them. Thank you for all the love!
We’ll definitely be collaborating with Taimane again, this was a lot of fun for everyone. And a big congrats to **drum roll** chipkk! Congrats Chip you won the 2nd giveaway ukulele! I’ll email you soon so we can ship it out to you!
That was excellent ser_ser! I really dig the pause that you put in at 17 seconds. This song does really well with stylistic expressions. Another song that does well too is “In the Hall of the Mountain King“, except with that one I think it’s cool to increase the tempo for each successive melody.
One thing that I think will help you with the walk down chords section is to use your ring and middle finger to form the C chord. This will help set you up for an easier transition to the next chord. Give that a shot and let me know if you have any other questions. Truly great job, keep up the good work!
And a big Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I am thankful for all of you 🙂
Welcome! Glad you found us 🙂 If you need some ideas on where to start or what to work on with our lessons, check out our step-by-step guide: https://rockclass101.com/learning-paths/
Welcome Jamesp! That’s awesome that you got your family playing 🙂 And if you need some ideas on where to start or what to work on with our lessons, check out our step-by-step guide: https://rockclass101.com/learning-paths/
Way to go Deb! That’s a challenging tune and you did so well! I’ve got a few suggestions for you. First (and I’m going to make this generalized for others that are reading your feedback), we talked about using the on-screen tab viewer with the metronome activated as a guide to help you practice (See my advice for Deb from last month challenge beginning in this post and the 3 immediate posts underneath it). Did you get a chance to approach practicing this song the same way?
One thing I noticed you did quite a bit involved the ring finger bending at the first knuckle (for ex: 39 seconds in). I want you to watch that as you continue to practice and try to keep it curved on the fingertip. In the second Melody, or the walk-down chord section, I’d like you to give the fingerings that I suggest for the chords a shot. It’s going to be much easier to use those fingerings for the transitions. Let me know if you need help on the barre chord that’s in it. Overall, I’m very impressed with you and you established a great base for this song. Keep up the good work!
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Quentin, awesome playing! I made a little video with my feedback and some tips for you. Let me know if you have any question 🙂
Welcome Quentin! You should join our monthly challenge as there is a beginner tune in it! And I’m glad you found us 🙂