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@willw18 – Beautifully played, Will! Keep up the great work 🙂
The March live lesson is postponed due to illness. It will be rescheduled with the new date/time posted here.
The baritone track was EQ’d, and we added compressor and reverb to it. I’d say you are correct, it’s the acoustic half of your uke that is preventing it from sounding like a solid-body electric.
WOW! We had 53 members participate this month! This challenge was a lot of fun! Stephen and I thoroughly enjoyed watching everyone’s performances. Bravo to each of you who participated on a job well done!
This month’s winner gets to choose ANY ukulele from Uke Republic valued at $250 or under as their prize! We’re excited to see what you select! So without further ado, the winner is:
Our March Challenge is LIVE: https://rockclass101.com/march-2024-challenge
Our March Challenge features 6 fun-to-play Irish songs. Hope to see everyone in the challenge!
Here is everyone on page 8.
@gi_gi_ – Beautifully played, Gi Gi! Your uke has the perfect tone for this song. This tune is great for working on fingerpicking. I’d say you excelled at it! And I like how you added more dynamics to your playing when the strumming section started.From here, I’d suggest working on one theme at a time. Start by focusing on timing/tempo, keeping it steady throughout. What makes this tune tough is that it’s got 16th notes galore, lol! After that, concentrate on the dynamics you want to use for each section. Keep up the great work, and I hope you feel better!
@dianna – Amazing job on transposing it, Dianna! That’s a huge feat in and of itself! Clawhammer technique sounded lovely on the banjolele. And I enjoyed the vocal at the end too. 🙂
@jody_hendrickson – Slower speed is totally cool as long as tempo/timing and groove are there. And they were! Very good job this month Jody, bravo! 👏
@christianwin – Absolutely phenomenal Christian! I’m blown away by how talented you are. It’s hard to believe at only 9, you can play with such feel and have such a great command on tempo. Keep playing, you are amazing! The rest of my feedback will be for your mom. 🙂I noticed that his right hand technique changes throughout the piece to achieve a different dynamic in different sections of the piece. First, it’s incredible that he has figured out how to play so dynamically on his own. But, his right hand techniques could use finessing to be more efficient and/or technically correct. Because of his age, I’d recommend taking a few skype lessons with Matt to fine tune his right hand technique.
@ksapp92 – Beautiful performance Kelby! One of the hardest aspects of this tune is playing it with finesse. And wow, you absolutely nailed it! The vibe of your performance perfectly conveyed what a love song should feel and sound like. Bravo! 👏Marianne, “Danny Boy” would be the only one that wouldn’t require any adaption to be played on low G. But that choice does require vocal accompaniment. If you prefer not to sing, I think you could make “Red is the Rose” work with some adaptation.
Friendly Reminder – The deadline for receiving feedback and an entry into the giveaway is tonight at 11:59 PM ET (check your local time zone).
@1481632_m – Tempo is spot-on now, Bravo Megan! For the rit., at the end of the tune, I think it’s the opposite from your first take now. I want to hear it a little bit more drawn out. Try playing along with me in the tab player. My playing will act as a guide and help you smooth it out and slow it down in a natural sounding way.
Here’s everyone on page 4 I hadn’t gotten to yet.
@musiclover – Well done Mary! Here are my tips for you:
@userwithauke – Very nice fingerpicking and strumming! I have a few tips for you. First, I’m hearing that the riff is played incorrectly. Double check the tab to spot the mistake here. Second, see if you can work on keeping the tempo steady throughout. You want to aim for the riff and the chord section to be played at the exact same tempo, making the transition to and from seamless.Third, for the end of the song, your ritardando is very drawn out. Try to make it more gradual, kinda like when the light turns yellow and you gradually slow down to a stop on red.
@anyon1 – That was awesome! Might be my fav performance of yours to date, Adriana 🙂I agree! We def need more electric tunes, they are super fun!
@leb397 – That was awesome Louisa! Such a beautiful performance to match mother nature’s beauty 🙂
@1481632_m – Excellent performance! You’ve got a great tone with both fingerpicking and strumming. I have two suggestions. First is to work on bringing the tempo of the strumming section up to match the speed of the fingerpicking section. Second, for the end of the song, your ritardando is very drawn out. Try to make it more gradual, kinda like when the light turns yellow and you gradually slow down to a stop on red.@willw18 – Much better! Well done 👏
@turkgoose – Excellent playing Turk! Great groove on the rhythm and lead 👏