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Just in time Maria 🙂 Great job, you’re almost there, melody C is the tricky one with that tune. BTW, did you see June’s Challenge and the song that is on there 😉
Love the duets guys! Very cool! Great playing Alissa, glad to see you back for this challenge 🙂 Great job Edward! Helpful tip: one melody is very high up and tricky to play, you can always sub it out as suggested in the helpful tips area of the lesson page.
Great playing guys! Carrie, no worries on anchoring, I know a lot of great players that prefer that way 🙂
Couple tips for Joey: I would highly recommend to sit up and adjust how you hold the ukulele, it will make playing much easier 🙂 Here is a great write up with some tips and pics from our beginner’s course. Also, I would suggest to slow down a little bit and watch your timing. Again, great job to all!
Welcome Bill 🙂 Personal preference is usually the answer I give, but a high G will get you that “traditional” uke sound. Chords are the same regardless of which you choose. I highly recommend a high G uke for our lessons.
Hey MT, no lesson from us yet, but there are some good lessons on YouTube for this technique: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=triplet+strum+ukulele
Hey Phil, timing is the hardest for me too. It’s almost a natural feeling to want to increase gradually in speed as you play. This is especially true for solo performances. It’s much easier to play in time along with a drummer (seeing as he/she has great timing, lol). A metronome is always your best friend, that’s my 2 cents 😉
Great job on Canon Emily, I enjoyed watching your performance 🙂 One helpful tip, when you are making chords watch out for applying too much pressure. If you notice at 1:19 you are pulling that major chords third string down, which will make it sound a bit sharp.
Wow, I am really impressed with everyone’s playing! James, you did very well! It’s tricky to play that last melody up the neck!
Great job Jess, I see you take after your dad 🙂 Keep up the good work, I wish I could play like that at 13!
Alain that was wonderful 🙂 fedindark and kentuckyfriedpenny, you guys did great too!
Hey Eljan, as according to the rules on page 1: You must perform the entire piece to receive an entry into the prize raffle.
Feel free to post a partial arrangement if that is all that you can play. I will be giving feedback on everyone’s post too 🙂
Hey Mark, I love your take on the A melody! Real cool vibe that I hear often in piano interpretations 🙂
Hey Phil, I thought you did extremely well! Timing and fluidity were excellent. Did you see the comment I gave to MT on page 4? Those tips should help you on that section. I’d be more specific, but I couldn’t see your finger choice for that section 😀 Let me know if you have questions.