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Welcome @grandtout! Glad to have you here. If you ever need help on the lessons, please don’t hesitate to ask 🙂

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@rgillof – Excellent playing! My only advice is to work on keeping it a little more steady tempo wise. Keep up the great work! 🙂

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@leb397 – Bravo, Louisa! Excellent job on all 3 themes! There’s 2 things I’d suggest working on as you continue practicing. First, work on cleaning up the D barre pull-off using the same advice I left a few posts above for @leslieb. Second, focus on keeping the tempo steady in the third theme.

I have to say, I was very impressed with your performance! It shows you put a lot of work into this tune and it sounded awesome!

@mark1256 – Love the duet, Mark! 🙂 You did a great job on this tune. Only thing I’d keep working on is keeping the tempo a little more steady. But it doesn’t sound like it will take much work to get it perfect. Keep up the great work!

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@leslieb – Great job, Leslie! For the D barre pull-off, make sure your barre is straight and that you’re pressing down with enough force so that each note in the bare (2222) rings out. Especially the 2 on the A string.

I thought you did really well with all 3 themes. Keep working on the last one, it’s a toughy!

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@abster – Amazing fingerpicking & strumming, Abhay! Way to go 🙂

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@uku_on – Excellent take Caleb! I agree, it needs just a little more polishing/practice time to smooth out. But it doesn’t sound like it would take too much work to get there. Keep up the great work!

@rafaela – Wow, Rafaela! Phenomenal playing! @annemarie is right, you aced the muted hits. I remember Matt spending a few weeks practicing the last theme to get those clean. It’s not easy! You did so well, bravo 👏

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@katazumiri – Bravo! Lovely duet and playing. Literally a perfect take! From here, I’d work on boosting tempo. Keep up the great work, Lena 🙂

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That’s awesome to hear! Keep up the good work, Steve!

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Heads up: The live lesson will be on the fourth Tuesday of the month due to vacation.

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@The_Bumble_Bard – I love it! The transition to clawhammer style was flawless! Very creative idea and I will def be sharing it in our newsletter tomorrow 🙂

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Travis picking is a repetitive right hand picking pattern where the underlying chords continually change. There is not a singular pattern for travis picking like there is for the island strum. It can be different in each song that uses it. The key is that the picking pattern is repetitive.

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We did it! We crushed the Spring Challenges!

228 members participated in our last 3 challenges and I have been blown away by everyone’s performances! Thanks to each and everyone of you who participated.

We are going live at 12 PM ET (check your local time zone) on July 4th to announce the winner who gets to choose either a $1,745 K-1 Kanile’a Ukulele or a custom-built $2,900 Kanile’a Ukulele! The live stream link is below:

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Here is everyone who participated this month. Please let me know if there are any discrepancies.

muzikmama
deadbuggy
deadbuggy
billypancakes
billypancakes
jbmills07
jbmills07
hawaiihaze
hawaiihaze
musiclover
musiclover
mepasha
mepasha
jebergeron
jebergeron
bunny2311
mark1256
mark1256
gi_gi_
gi_gi_
smokealot
smokealot
lisadmh
lisadmh
ldarrow
ldarrow
suekulele
suekulele
jgillard
jgillard
misterbones
misterbones
lyndallk
lyndallk
brettboy
brettboy
annemarie
annemarie
kaski85
kaski85
dianna
dianna
joannetala
joannetala
leslieb
leslieb
rebeca
rebeca
jedart
jedart
rafaela
rafaela
ukandrea
ukandrea
shmu88
shmu88
otzepeng
katazumiri
katazumiri
The_Bumble_Bard
The_Bumble_Bard
laurakarr12
laurakarr12
anyon1
anyon1
lhamilton
lhamilton
richo_uke
richo_uke
june2020
june2020
robinl
robinl
ccwuke
ccwuke
jody_hendrickson
jody_hendrickson
clempek
clempek
denisedistefano
denisedistefano
kdeacon7
kdeacon7
abster
abster
gstriph
gstriph
moonshoes
moonshoes
morrieuke1
morrieuke1
leb397
leb397
ukukelley1
ukukelley1
bibilele
bibilele
karenj
karenj
rgillof
rgillof
marlongas
marlongas
riffyk
riffyk
coffeemug
coffeemug
johanna2509
johanna2509
dorabr
lbilkie
lbilkie
concan
concan
akukes73
akukes73
mlarson
mlarson
joe150
joe150
lynnzo
lynnzo
gracme2
gracme2
patdrehu
patdrehu
ukulelee
ukulelee
dividedsky
dividedsky
uku_on
uku_on
brightwing
lynnsheila
lynnsheila
ksapp92
ksapp92
janaq1
janaq1
hiouke
hiouke
yukalele
yukalele
addilein
addilein
rmatos
lynettejd
lynettejd
omaon4
omaon4
tessiert
tessiert
lmdlinda
maryjanew
maryjanew

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@ksapp92 – Beautifully played, Kelby! I really liked your pacing. Especially the fermata before going into the second theme. I also liked how you played the piece with a softer touch. Gave it a great feel. One suggestion. That single note on the 4th string before the triplet strums start, let that note ring just a little longer. It sounded cut short to me, like an 8th note instead of a quarter. Overall, well done! I think this is my fav performance from you to date 🙂

@janaq1 – Rhythm was spot on! The only thing I noticed was that you re-interpreted bar 2. Here’s what I think you meant to do:

I have to say you played the piece very well! Great job this month 🙂

@hiouke – Excellent strumming! Form looks great and you aced the feel-good vibes! Only thing I’d work on is increasing tempo (gradually). Keep up the great work!

@yukalele – Great job on the duet David! Timing was very good! Only thing I’d work on is getting the harmony part to be a little cleaner. Practice at a slower tempo and work it up to speed. Doesn’t sound like it will take too long to get 100% clean.

@addilein – Bravo Astrid! Very well played! Only thing I’d suggest working on is increasing tempo, while keeping it steady. Keep up the great work!

@rmatos – It works brilliantly on high G! You aced it! Phenomenal performance, very well done! 👏

@lynettejd – Beautifully played, Lyn! Well done!

@omaon4 – Playing sounded great, Helga! You have great strumming form too! One thing I’d recommend changing is when there’s a muted strum (XXXX) on the & of 4. Come up with a muted strum for that hit instead of coming down with a slap (chunk).

Other than that, work on keeping it steady and boosting tempo (gradually). Well done this month!

@tessiert – Beautifully played, Trace! Pacing was well done and I love the softer feel you played the piece with. For the triplet strum, since you played 3 quarter notes before it, I’d recommend doing only 1 triplet strum, instead of 2. That keeps the time signature of the measure uniform with the rest of the piece.

And I wouldn’t worry about “extraneous sounds”. That’s part of what makes acoustic instruments charming 🙂

P.S. Don’t forget the premium tag for K giveaways 😉

@lmdlinda – Beautiful feel and excellent timing! Wonderful performance, Linda! Well done!

@maryjanew – Excellent job on the strumming part, MJ! Harmony was very well played and your timing was great! Only thing I’d work on is getting the quarter note hit (beat 4) in each bar to ring a little cleaner.

@nelsonlin2021 – Strumming form looks great, Nelson. But I’m hearing a different pattern. Try to count the pattern as you play:

Mute Mute Strum Mute Mute Strum Mute Mute Strum Mute Mute Strum Mute Mute Strum Strum

Unfortunately, you just missed our cutoff time for an entry. I tried to give everyone a friendly reminder yesterday. You still have entries from April 🙂

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Friendly Reminder – The deadline for receiving feedback and an entry into the giveaway is tonight at 11:59 PM EDT (check your local time zone).

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@brightwing – Excellent strumming! My only suggestion would be to slow the tempo just a touch so it’s a little more chill in its groove. TY for the kind words!!

@lynnsheila – Bravo, Sheila! Fantastic playing! A wonderful first post. I look forward to watching more performances from you! Keep up the great work 🙂

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