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@Catherine – Your video is set to private. Can you change it to public?
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Here’s everyone on page 5.
jbmills07 – excellent playing overall! I dig the hammer-on accent you added too 🙂
mark1256 – I think you nailed the B melody! I’d keep working on the A melody. You’ve got a cool phrasing/rubato idea with rushing the first part of it. But as you practice, go slower and try to keep it steady right now.
Also, I really like the slight swing feel you added!
barbecueblack – sounded great! Keep up the good work!
marianne – thank you so much for the kind words!! Playing was beautiful!
johanna2509 – beautiful feel and flow 🙂
neciasnow – Bravo! Excellent performance!
kpurdy – I thought you did great! Here’s what I would do. I would play along with Matt in the tab player. Slow it down to the speed you are currently at. And just do 1 theme at a time. So for ex: start with Melody A (8 bars). Try to match his playing. It’ll help with keeping the tempo steady as you transition from one chord to the next.
When you can match him perfectly start to boost the tempo.
abha-jeurkar – playing sounds great! Only thing I’d say is to replace that open string strum you do at 1:05 and 1:19 with just the open C note.
herbdrawsaline – I thought it sounded great! I don’t think I’m hearing too strong of a strum. I do hear some of the chords are not ringing 100% clear. Form looks fine from what I can tell but it’s hard to see properly from the angle you recorded at.
You can double-check that your form is as we recommend here. Most of the time when notes don’t ring out in barre chords it’s because of form or not pushing with enough strength. But it could also be because of the size of the ukulele. It’s easier to fret barre chords on larger size models (tenor) than smaller (soprano). So if you’re playing a smaller one you may want to visit a store to compare.
gstriph – sounds great, Jerry! What I would work on is timing. Try playing along with the tab player in “synthetic” mode. Start with four bars at a time and try to tap your foot along. When you’re good with that, add the next four. Then practice all eight.
After you can play that in-time, I’d start experimenting with some of the rubato ideas I heard in your current performance.
whollyprofit – love the smile in the “flub”. But you did exactly what you are supposed to do, which is whenever we’re in a performance we always play through our mistakes. Bravo in that regard and your performance had a great feel throughout!
For the last melody, my suggestion is to keep it flowing a little more steady as opposed to drawing it out for suspense. But that’s my suggestion, it’s always up to you guys on how you want to interpret and perform the music.
Here’s everyone on page 6 so far.
terryfallon3 – playing sounds great, Terry! The one thing I would work on is increasing your sustain. In a nutshell, what you need to do is keep finger pressure held down throughout every note and chord for its entire duration. Practice this by doing 1 bar at a time.
lhamilton – gorgeous playing! And I love how you added more emphasis on the last A Melody as well as the variations. Bravo!
bibilele – here is my feedback for you 🙂
nelsonlin2021 – here is my feedback for you and here is the lesson I referenced 🙂
Welcome @jsanjuan! Happy to have you on-board and hope you join us in the monthly challenges 🙂
@puppylovesuke – So sorry I missed this! TY so much for the kind words and referrals. Really appreciate it 🙂
@turkgoose – totally made my day, TY!!
@dividedsky – Beautifully played! Great tone and reverb on that uke 🙂
@lisadmh – One of your best performances I’ve heard to date! Bravo, Lisa!@turkgoose – I thought you did an excellent job! Keep practicing to build the tempo and tighten that 3rd theme. But overall, it was great! 🙂
@seoulkim – Great job! One thing I’d work on is lightening your right hand attack. A lighter pluck will produce a softer, sweeter tone. Check out this live lesson that Matt taught. He dives deeper into this concept.
Couple things to touch up: Bar 5 was cut short and try not to rush the slide in bar 10. We want to hear those notes as 8ths.
debb1985 – I loved it, Debb! You nailed the vibe 🙂
No worries on the nerves. We all get it in front of the camera. So couple of suggestions as you continue to practice.
First, I want to hear a bit more uniformity in the opening 16th note passages. Try playing along to a metronome.
Second, target your practice to the two bars in theme three with the sixteenth note strums. They are hard and took me a lot of practice to get clean.
ccwuke – Audio quality is fantastic. Well done! I recommend playing around with eq-ing next. There’s a whole world there that you can get lost in 🙂
Performance was excellent and I can’t wait to hear the new uke!
wongbrown – Here’s my feedback for you 🙂
annemarie – Beautifully played! Only thing I’d say is keep working on the B Melody.
lbilkie – Well done! As you continue to practice I’d recommend slowing the tempo down and focus on keeping timing steady. Keep up the good work and share an update at the end of the month if you have time 🙂
misterbones – Fantastic performance! You always play so well, so when I listen back I start listening for the little things. For example, at 17/18 seconds we hear less than clean playing. Just a blip, but an area we can dive into. I’ve noticed you play fast a lot. Question: when you are practicing, are you going slower than performance speed? Or are you always practicing close to this tempo?
If it’s the latter, I’d spend more time doing the former as it helps build muscle memory in the right hand which will limit these little blips from happening.
rafaela – Beautiful take! Keep up the great work 🙂
@marianne & @marlongas – Both of you did an amazing job on this song! Bravo 👏
@darktoto – Excellent playing! Only thing I’d point out is that the G string should be open in bar 3 and 4 and for the 3 walk down bars that follow it. Try that, you might like that melody note more than what’s produced when you barre across the 4th string 🙂
@puppylovesuke – My pleasure!
@laurakarr12 – Tuning sounded fine to me. It was beautifully played! Keep up the great work 🙂