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Hi Toni, so the melody notes in bar 5 center around the harmony of an F chord. Likewise, bar 6 centers around a C chord.
The chord melody embellishes the chords with a couple color notes to fill out the sound. I did not notate the voicings you circled with a chord graph. But you are correct, the 2 notes should be plucked together.
@karenj – Excellent timing throughout! It was great overall! You played it with a lovely feel. Only tip I have is to focus your practice on the pull-off licks in bar 9. Slow the tempo down to practice getting them a little bit cleaner.
But again, well done Karen! Keep up the great work 🙂
I think it’s everyone. Most gigging musicians have a set list of at least 40 to 60 songs. And when you’re gigging every week, it stays fresh. But that’s the trick – which is to continually practice the song(s) to keep your chops up and your memory sharp.
@bibilele – Next time he asks how many you need, just say: YES! lol
Bravo on the performance, well played!
@katazumiri – I loved it! So much fun 🙂Welcome, Toni! Glad to have you on-board.
Hope you join us in this month’s challenge. It’s a great way to stay motivated, make friends, and have fun 🙂
The blues strumming tune from the Beginner’s Course is one of the songs you can pick for this month.
@taylor22jane – Beautifully played, Taylor! Great job on nailing the change in feels too. And yes, I could use a summer day just about now LOL
Hi @xerxes, Robin wrote a brilliant response which I agree with and hope you found helpful. Our lessons are geared more-so for the fingerstyle player than the singer/strummer. While we do have quite a few singing and strumming lessons up, most will be geared for folks that want to do something beyond the beginner level.
Robin mentioned UU and the Uke Teacher, but I’d also recommend Katie with One Music School and Bernadette Teaches Music on YouTube for beginner-friendly singing/strumming lessons.
Our Beginner’s Course will prep you from day 1 (how to hold the uke) all the way to playing your first fingerstyle songs (using: fingerpicking and strumming). I recall offering some advice for you in this forum post which was related to the Beginner’s Course.
Which BTW, I see you’ve made excellent progress! You’re into the performance song modules now. That’s where the fun starts 🙂
In that post, I recommended setting up a practice schedule that consisted of 3 parts. The 3rd part was songs. Besides the tunes in the Beginner’s Course, I’d add this lesson to your song list. It’s our beginner-friendly lesson that teaches you how to sing and strum.
As far as warm-up exercises, check out this lesson. It’s a great warm up tool that builds dexterity in your fretting hand. Plus, you can do it to a metronome to work on timing 🙂
You mentioned:
I was gifted a number of ukulele song books they have the chords and notes of the sung notes but most don’t have strumming patterns.
A lot of simple songs can be played using the Island Strum. But it doesn’t work for every song. If you need a bit of help with the tunes in that book, this is something Stephen can help you with in a one-on-one private lesson.
I’d also encourage you to join our February Challenge. The beginner blues strumming tune from the Beginner’s Course is one of the songs you can pick for this month. Challenges are a great way to stay motivated as it gives you a goal to aim for, which is to learn a song within a month and share your performance with our community 🙂
@zongozongo – Great job on the feel and vibe of this tune! Only thing I’d say is to work on timing and keeping it steady. Try playing along with a metronome or switching the tab player to “synthetic” mode. Tackle one theme at a time.
Here’s a couple that come to mind:
1) Ode to Joy
And here’s a more challenging one that uses a pedal tone in the A melody:
Sounding great, Mark! One suggestion, try to swing the rhythm just a bit more.
Keep up the good work and P.S. I like it at that tempo 🙂