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@anyon1 – Awesome job Adriana! I’m not seeing any slipping with the pull-offs, technique looks good to me. This was a really good take! Nice job on keeping the tempo solid! From here, I’d recommend the same advice I left above for @leslieb about omitting the grace notes. Also, double check bar 7, sounds like you’re adding an extra note in the mix.
@leslieb – Your pull-offs sound great Leslie! I’d recommend removing the embellishments (grace notes). For ex, in the first measure:
That would make the opening line much easier to play for the left hand, but also rhythmically. Other than that, I would loop 2 bars at a time and focus on sustain and keeping it steady (tempo wise).
@ldarrow – Linda, your performance was absolutely beautiful! You’re so close, just a little more practice and you’ll have it smoothed out perfectly 🙂
@karenj – Right hand technique and feel were great Karen! Just keep practicing and you’ll have it flowing perfectly! Truly impressive progress, that’s a tough technique to tackle in one month and you’ve got it sounding good! 👏
@gi_gi_ – Tempo and sustain were excellent Gi Gi! And your P/O & H/O technique was on-point! Very well done this month. From here, I’d work towards gradually increasing speed. Keep up the great work!@1481632_m – Beautiful performance Megan! Excellent fingerpicking 🙂
@lhamilton – Well done, Linda! I like the effects and you perfectly captured the fun feel of the tune!Welcome Annie! Thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it! Def hope you join us for next month’s challenge 🙂
@marianne – Such a beautiful performance, Marianne ❤️
@suekulele – Def a “keep in the back pocket” tune. You played it beautifully Sue! Well done 🙂
@brettboy – Your right-hand technique is excellent Brett! That really gives the piece an amazing flow/feel. Well done! 👏
@bibilele – Excellent fingerpicking, Bianca! I can see how it can be tricky as both sections are so similar. But you did a great job! Beautiful feel in both parts 🙂
@janaq1 – Bravo on the right-hand technique! Your performance was awesome! I shared it in today’s newsletter. Keep up the great work, Jana!@The_Bumble_Bard – Beautifully played, Rachael. And I enjoyed the creative re-written lyrics lol.
@leb397 – I’m so sorry for you loss, Louisa. You played a beautiful tribute to her 🌹♥️@dianna – Nicely done, Dianna! One thing I would work on is adding sustain to your performance. I’m hearing more of a staccato pop throughout. So I would suggest slowing the tempo down and focusing on getting every note to ring into the next.
@maryjanew – MJ, I’m not seeing anything inherently wrong with your H/O or P/O technique. I suggest prioritizing the rhythm of each bar, as I noticed the rhythm isn’t being played accurately. Instead, I hear you playing through the notes.One thing you can try, which will make the piece easier for your left hand, is to omit the chords in each bar. For example, in bar 11, play only the melody note (A string open) instead of the A minor chord (2000). This approach will allow you to concentrate on refining the clarity in your hammer-on and pull-off techniques, while also honing the rhythm.
@joe150 – Great job, Joe! I think you’ve got a great base established. From here, I would suggest playing along to a metronome, but doing only 4 bars at a time. Try to count the rhythms out-loud as you play. That’s always a great way to help get them engrained in our memory faster 🙂@planetfink – You did incredible, Kathy! Feel was spot-on and you aced keeping the percussive hits on 2 and 4. Well done!
@ccwuke – Beautifully played, Chris!
@clempek – Wow, Clem! This is my fav performance from you to-date. I’m incredibly impressed. You musta worked a ton on it, b/c it shows! Bravo! 👏👏
@misterbones – Amazing job on the right-hand technique! You’ve got it down 100%. Well done, Michael!
@morrieuke1 – Beautiful fingerpicking and singing, Michael.Hi Dana, I looked into this issue more today and was able to find the bug that caused the issue. I am reporting it to the developer, but in the meantime, you can resume using Chrome on iPad as I’ve found a work-around that prevents it from happening. Thank you again for bringing this to my attention. I really appreciate it!
Welcome Dave and congrats on the new uke, it looks beautiful! I hope you enjoy the lessons and if you ever need help on them, please don’t hesitate to email me or post questions on the forum 🙂
Thank you for letting me know, Dana. Upon testing, this appears to be a bug with Google Chrome’s latest version. I will report the bug to their team. In the meantime, please use the Safari browser. Everything is working normal there 🙂
I will post an update here when it has been resolved with Chrome.
Hi Dana, in 2021, we revamped the way you can sort lessons. The new method allows you to sort by difficulty level, as well as, tuning or genre. It’s available for our song series, concept lessons, mini lessons, and courses. To learn how to use it, please watch the second video on this page and jump to 10:42.
Currently, we do not have a stand-alone course for the blues. But this is something I would like to add in the future, as our stand-alone course for Classical Music was well received.
In the meantime, you may want to check out this lesson for an overview and explanation on the 12 bar blues form.
This lesson teaches you 3 walking-bass lines for blues ukulele (Beg/Int/Adv levels).
I’d also recommend checking out Module 3 in our Music Theory Course as it covers soloing over the blues.
@shmu88 – Bravo Sam! Beautiful performance, I will def share this on our socials 🙂
@lhamilton – Beautiful performance, Linda! Excellent whistling, as always! I have a couple suggestions. For the intro, I would draw it out more, as to match the feel of how you whistled it. For the accompaniment during the whistling, double check the rhythms Katie’s playing. I can hear that some of them are throwing you off a little bit. Try playing along and counting the rhythms out-loud with the tab player in “synthetic” mode.