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My pleasure y’all!
@rafaela – That’s awesome to hear and we’re humbled to be a part of your musical journey. Congrats on your 1 year and cheers to many more!Beautiful performance. I always enjoy listening to you play 🙂
Welcome, Old Guy! Glad you found us. If you ever need help with the lessons, please don’t hesitate to ask 🙂
@potato_lady – Even under water it sounds beautiful 🙂
@jedart – Excellent job! My only suggestion is to play along with me in the tab player or to a click to work on timing (keeping a steady tempo).BTW, I just filmed a lesson for our new series, mini lessons, which is launching soon. The lesson is called “Navigating the Fretboard” and it’s a cute little etude that jumps up/down the neck. Will be a good one to learn for extra practice with this. Plus, it uses a swung rhythm so it’s got an extra challenge FP Etude #13 doesn’t have.
@lhamilton – Bravo, Linda! Timing and feel where excellent! One tip, try using ring and middle for the 3 – 2 – 0 pull-offs. IMO, pinky makes it harder to get it clean since it’s the weakest finger.Great job on the workaround for the thumb! Works well!
@felixhchan – Excellent performance and your uke has a beautiful tone 🙂
@ldarrow – Beautiful performance, Linda! My only suggestion is to try not to pull the 2nd string down in the FmM9. That way the note doesn’t go sharp.
@coffeemug – I loved it! Gorgeous playing with a view and ambience to match it 🙂@suekulele – I love this video, Sue! It’s like a snapshot of a perfect summer night. Great music with a beautiful pool. I’m sharing it in this week’s newsletter 🙂
@clempek – Great performance! My only tip is to try not to lift up your finger immediately after you play the melody notes that jump up/down the A string. That creates a staccato sound and we want to have more sustain here. Try practicing at a slower tempo and see if you can get it to ring out more.@madz_about_uke – Beautiful performance! My only suggestion is to try the down strums with your thumb. It’ll give them a sweeter tone than the nail of the index finger.
As for your question, have you tried a strap? That should help prop it up in place 🙂
@turkgoose – BIG improvement on Theme 3! Note clarity and timing is great throughout. Keep up the excellent work!
@qiuyan – Beautiful performance. Glad it was able to help ease your stress 🙂
@gmflin8 – Lovely performance! For Melody A, you’re at the stage now where you can start boosting tempo. Try 5 or 10bpm faster and take it from there 🙂For Melody B, target the transitions that had a little bit of hesitation. Overall, it was great! Keep up the good work!
@lalo_eer – Brilliant first post! Bravo, playing was excellent! My only suggestion is to try to clean up the strum hits in Theme 3. They’re a little tricky rhythmically as they are syncopated at the end (4 &a). Try playing along with me in the tab player to strengthen your timing in this section.
@brettboy – Beautiful takes, Brett! Love the deep tone on the bari 🙂@katazumiri – Beautifully played and the tone on your uke is lovely 🙂
@pysanky – It was a great take! Lovely playing 🙂One suggestion, sometimes in the B Melody you pluck the G string strongly and it overshadows some of the melody/harmony. I’d suggest a lighter pluck like you did in the A Melody. That’ll yield a sweeter blend.
@gstriph – It def does have the DITW vibe 🙂Performance was great! Only thing I’d say is keep working on the transitions in the B Melody. But overall is was excellent! Great job this month, Jerry.
@marianne – Beautiful performance! There’s a couple transitions I’d work on getting smoother timing wise, but it was excellent overall and the tone on that uke is absolutely lovely 🙂
And TY so much for the kind words Marianne!
@shmu88 – Beautifully played, Sam!
@mark65536 – Beautiful playing and cinematography. Def gonna share your performance on our social media this week 🙂
@jsanjuan – Beautiful playing! As you continue to practice, focus on note clarity and eliminating any pauses. Overall it was excellent and a pleasure to listen to! Keep up the great work 🙂
@misterbones – Lovely playing, Michael! Well done 👏