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Here’s everyone on page 8 we hadn’t gotten to.

@dividedsky – Beautiful playing, Jane! Sounds like the last melody needs just a little more practice to smooth out and bring up to tempo.

@krajisunny – Beautifully played, Sunny!

@robinboyd – Bravo Tiff & Robin! Lovely duet and I dig the tone of the keys! Works well for this tune 🙂

@marlongas – Congrats on learning 2 songs! GFF was beautifully played, keep up the great work!

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Here’s everyone on page 7.

@ccwuke – Bravo, Chris! Excellent playing!

@kidelozzi – Beautifully played, Steve! And I loved the story that you shared 🙂

@jebergeron – Beautifully played, Jean-Philippe. There’s a few pauses in the chord changes in the last Melody. Eliminating those would be the focus of my practice moving forward.

@gi_gi_ – Beautiful pacing throughout the piece, Gi Gi. Very well played! The one area I’d work on is eliminating unwanted string noise as you lift up from chords. For example, the chord in bar six (15 seconds in your video). You’re removing all fingers to play the last note. By doing this, you’re lifting up off the strings which makes some ring out. 

If you watch how I do it in the performance, I keep the chord fretted (held down) and use my available finger (ring) to catch the last note.

@evapaju – You captured the magic! Beautifully played 🙂

@akukes73 – I thought your performance was great! It was beautifully played. We’re always our worst critic, but the fact that your son came in and recognize the song, shows that you rocked it!

@just-in – Wow! I can definitely tell you put a lot of work into this performance. It was awesome! I loved watching it, keep up the great work!

@mark1256 – Excellent playing, Mark! Double-check the first few measures of the last Melody. Sounds like a couple notes were switched up here and there. That’s the only thing I can critique. Pacing and flow was excellent. Keep up the great work!

@suekulele – That was a fantastic performance, Sue! I see no reason why you couldn’t jump into more advanced pieces. Keep up the excellent work!

@terryfallon3 – Bravo, Terry! This is one of the best performances I’ve seen from you to date. Keep up the excellent work!

@ilk3000 – Playing was great, but it does sound like you’re a bit behind the beat. Try playing along with AJ in the tab player. I’d also recommend tapping your foot along and counting the rhythms as you play. That’ll help reinforce the timing.

@bibilele – Excellent performance, Bianca! You captured the spooky vibes perfectly

@ldarrow – Fantastic performance! Your form on the stretches look fine to me. If it’s still feeling a bit uncomfortable, that’s normal. Try running exercise 2 from this lesson as a warm-up exercise every time you practice for the next few months. Move the pattern up by a half-step a few times and back down to get extra practice time out of it.

Here’s everyone on page 8 so far.

@ukealori – Bravo, Lori! Timing was excellent! Great playing 🙂

@nelsonlin2021 – Rhythm was spot-on! Your playing is making BIG strides! The only thing I would say is to lighten your attack on the down strums. Keep up the excellent work!

@olemartin – Beautifully played and I love the fireplace backdrop 🙂

@yukalele – Playing sounds great! I’d practiced the B Melody at a slower tempo so you can focus on cleaning it up. That part is tough with all the jumps.

@lynnzo – Excellent playing with great timing! Try not to tug down on the C string when playing the single notes. We always want to try to keep the string parallel so the note does not go sharp.

@coffeemug – Beautifully played

@hiouke – Fantastic first challenge post, bravo! Hope to see you participate next month 🙂

For that last harmonic, check out Module 2, Unit 1 and 2 in our Harmonics Course. That’ll help you get the mechanics down a bit better so it rings out.

@jbmills07 – I thought the tempo was fine in the last melody. And I’ll tell you why. Because the pacing and flow was extremely natural. Every month, I hear improvement in your playing. It’s very impressive! Keep up the excellent work, Justin!

@dal08260 – Excellent playing and timing! Bravo!

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Welcome Sarah! Glad to have you on-board 🙂

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@morrieuke1 – Beautiful playing, Michael! I’m gonna share it in our newsletter today 🙂

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@gmflin8 – Awesome job Grace and love the graphic! Have a great trip!

@leb397 – Beautifully played, Louisa! Excellent timing!

@mkstewart67 – He’s practicing! If you have insta, you can follow him at: @brett_uke

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I think he wanted to notate/show the entire triad for the right hand. You can play the full chord or cut the top note like he did. Both sound great 🙂

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@mkstewart67 – Beautiful playing, Melissa! And I agree, those high notes are tough to grab. Much easier with a cutaway 🙂

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@zongozongo – Very beautiful playing! The only thing I would suggest is working on some of the subtleties like eliminating unwanted string noise when changing chords. For example, listen to the change that happens at 20 seconds in your video. Try not to lift completely off the strings. That should fix that.

Double check the measure at 1:15. Sounds like you added a few extra notes there. And at 1:29, aim to play through your mistakes instead of restarting the measure. We always want to pretend like we’re playing with a band, if we make a mistake they keep going.

@misterbones – Excellent playing, Michael! Very good job on the pacing!

@lhamilton – Beautifully played, Linda! One thing I want to point out is that it sounds like you changed the first hit of most measures to a quarter note. Try to keep the opening notes as 8ths to stay true to the original composition.

@laurakarr12 – Wonderfully played! Great job on the timing! The only thing I’m hearing that can be worked on is that some of the notes are a little buzzy. It’s hard to diagnose as I can’t see what you’re doing, but I’d guess it’s caused by not keeping enough finger pressure held down on the note.

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It’s at 120 BPM 🙂

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Dianna, if you watch @ukandoit’s video above, he played it on low G. There’s a few notes that will sound a little off, but for the most part it works 🙂

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@shmu88 & @ukandoit – Beautiful playing, guys 🙂

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@ukealori – A lot of folks like to keep it simple. They sit their phone close to the speaker(s) of the device their using. When you hit play, there’s a 2 bar count in, so you should have plenty of time to get situated 🙂

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@mark65536 – DUDE! That was so cool! Def gonna share on our social media this week 🙂

@rebeca & @katazumiri – Gorgeous playing ❤️

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THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED THIS MONTH! WE HAD 93 MEMBERS PARTICIPATE! YOU GUYS ROCK!

Stephen and I were BLOWN AWAY by how amazing everyone did! Big round of applause to everyone who participated this month. 🙂

Hope to see y’all in our November Challenge!

Here is a list of everyone who earned an entry for the giveaway. Please let me know if there are any discrepancies.

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shmu88
shmu88
rebeca
rebeca
jbmills07
jbmills07
deadbuggy
deadbuggy
marlongas
marlongas
lyndallk
lyndallk
clempek
clempek
rafaela
rafaela
gmflin8
gmflin8
lisadmh
lisadmh
didyyh_guitar
jebergeron
jebergeron
misterbones
misterbones
suekulele
suekulele
brettboy
brettboy
kidelozzi
kidelozzi
leb397
leb397
madz_about_uke
madz_about_uke
katazumiri
katazumiri
joannetala
joannetala
johanna2509
johanna2509
jedart
jedart
mark1256
mark1256
lhamilton
lhamilton
mark65536
mark65536
dianna
dianna
june2020
june2020
karenj
karenj
richarde
richarde
joe150
joe150
samash07
samash07
bibilele
bibilele
addilein
addilein
gisele
gisele
nelsonlin2021
nelsonlin2021
krajisunny
lynettejd
lynettejd
ukulelee
ukulelee
gstriph
gstriph
erin99
erin99
ukealori
ukealori
maryjanew
maryjanew
ccwuke
ccwuke
riley_ukulele
riley_ukulele
madhuri
akukes73
akukes73
kdeacon7
kdeacon7
ldarrow
ldarrow
lynnzo
lynnzo
just-in
just-in
debb1985
debb1985
dermango
dermango
jody_hendrickson
jody_hendrickson
annemarie
annemarie
robinboyd
robinboyd
tim0721
tim0721
digbybare
digbybare
smudge
smudge
lbilkie
lbilkie
zongozongo
zongozongo
jgillard
jgillard
terryfallon3
terryfallon3
biancak
biancak
olemartin
olemartin
richo_uke
richo_uke
pika80019
pika80019
mrskye
k_ra11
k_ra11
mueleski
mueleski
santai
santai
concan
concan
sir_anzalot
sir_anzalot
janaq1
janaq1
mkstewart67
mkstewart67
jlbross
jlbross
dividedsky
dividedsky
yukalele
yukalele
jayton
jayton
pysanky
pysanky
moonshine
moonshine
acornjasper
acornjasper
themccoys
themccoys
mademoiselleannette
dal08260
dal08260
felixhchan
felixhchan
alysun1
tessiert
tessiert
omaon4
omaon4
jeg143
jeg143
puppylovesuke
puppylovesuke

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@ukandoit – Beautiful performance played with fantastic feel throughout, Matthieu! I do see that the video was uploaded to YouTube on the 30th, but unfortunately it does need to be posted on our forum within the deadline.

I did try to give everyone a friendly reminder on the 31st. But the good news is there are 2 more chances to win! Hope you join us in November and December 🙂

@seoulkim – Great job! As you continue practicing, focus on playing the notes with a steady 16th note rhythm. Some sound a little cut short at times. Try playing with the tab player in “synthetic mode” with the metronome activated. That’s a great way to work on this.

Unfortunately, you submitted past our deadline so we won’t be able to give you an entry for the prize. I tried to give everyone a friendly reminder on the 31st. But the good news is there are 2 more chances to win! Hope you join us in November and December 🙂

@puppylovesuke – Love the shirt and excellent performance, David!

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