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Hey Gabriel, actually you can play In The Hall Of The Mountain King on a Soprano. In the helpful tips section (top of page) for that lesson, there is a note that says:
* Note: For Soprano ukulele players: Theme 3 and 4 expand past the 12th fret, but you can still play the entire song. Since we now know that the Themes repeat, you could play: Theme 1, 2, 1, 2, 5.
If your mom has questions about membership, please let her know that she can email me here 🙂 Looking forward to hearing your performance!
Great job Maria Teresa (andracass)! Question, did you have a metronome on in the background?
So, this Friday’s lesson will be a great one for you! It brings up some of the points I’m about to talk about with your performance. So def, make sure to watch it 🙂
Let’s talk about the B melody, bars 11-12. Here we have a C to a G7. In part 2 of the lesson video for Fur Elise, it highlights the best fingerings to use for those 2 chords. The chord diagram on the tab also lists these fingerings. I would highly recommend to use the fingerings laid out here, it will make the transitions from 1 chord to the next much easier. If you are new to barre chords, check out this lesson for help on proper left hand form.
If you jump to 5:27 in the part 2 lesson video, I suggest a way to practice C to G7. Give that way a shot after you get the fingering down. You can always put it into a timing too. For ex: play C for 1 bar, then G7 for 1 bar and loop this. Start slow and work it up to speed as you get the muscle memory down for each chord.
You did very well on the A melody, great job! I would just loop the harder bars of the B melody and check your fingering on some of the other sections in that melody. Let me know if you have any questions.
Sounds like you got bitten by the uke bug and are infecting others haha. Welcome to the club James 🙂
Marissa killed it! She’s gonna be in this week’s lesson – oh yeah, I’m putting you on the spot haha 😀
Totally fine olphart! I’m looking forward to watching your performance! And awesome jobs Twizzler and relaxinguke. Very well played and I love that you used a metronome 🙂
Here are the ukulele pics from our other two winners!
Joe (Twizzler) with the Luna Pineapple Uke – Rock Class 101 winner
Francis (honuhonu) with the Makala Waterman – Uke Republic Winner
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Our May Challenge is in full swing and we are giving away a Kala Tenor Ukulele to one lucky winner 🙂 It may be you!
My pleasure! This lesson might help on the reach issue. Let me know if I can help you on the second section.
Hi Antonio,
This is a great question. Here is a short video with some tips to help you. Feel free to post a video of yourself playing, and I can offer more help if this video doesn’t answer all your questions. Which, by the way, let me know if you do have questions 🙂
P.S. Here is a great article on properly holding the ukulele from our Beginner’s Course.