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@baggyuke7 – If you see your video in your post then you did everything perfectly 🙂
Glad you are enjoying the course, Gi Gi and thank you for the kind words! I will pass them along to Matt 🙂
So that chord progression relies on the melody note of the E string moving by half, whole, or step and a half while retaining the D (5th fret) on the A string. That’s what gives it a cool sound and why it sounds weird to you when you sub out the voicing of G7 for the standard one.
So I’d suggest two options. Work through the exercises in this lesson. They’ll help increase the reach of your left hand pinky. But note, it will take time to increase. Usually about 3 months of everyday practice.
Alternatively, a soprano size ukulele will decrease the fret size allowing stretch chords to be easier to fret.
@rebeca – What a fun take with a great feel. Well done! 👏
Welcome, Kenny! Glad you found us. Be sure to start here and if you ever need help on the lessons, don’t hesitate to post questions here or email me.
@laurakarr12 – Sounds great! Your performance has a nice rubato feel, but I’d recommend playing along with a metronome and counting the rhythms before altering tempos. In other words, you want to make sure that the rhythmic values are defined even if rubato is applied.
So for ex, in bar 2 you rush the half notes. That’s something you want to go back and change to better represent their value.
Try barring from the 3rd string down (omitting the 4th string). That will make it easier on your left hand 🙂
And TY for the kind words. I appreciate it!
This is a great question! Here’s what I learned from music school. Let me know what you think 🙂
@charles605 – If you do that, you’ll lose the melody note on top (5th fret on A). So don’t want to change it to that 😉
@lynnzo – I’d go with St. James. It works better on low G outta those 2 🙂
It will work on low G, Gi Gi. The only thing I’d change is the Am9 in bar 18. I’d strum/pluck only the bottom 2 strings (A and E).
Welcome, Milo!
First off, I’d recommend checking out Learning Paths. It’ll give you a few ideas on where to go after you complete the Beginner’s Course.
Speaking of the Beginner’s Course, it looks like you’re about 40% of the way through it. I’d start jumping into some of the tunes in module 5 and 6. That’ll give you the fun songs to play as you continue learning the fundamentals taught in the precursor modules.
I’d recommend creating a practice schedule that is 3 parts, for example:
1) Technique Building – For example, developing 3 and 4 finger fingerpicking skills. There are multiple exercises for this in our fingerpicking course.
2) Rhythmic Study – Rhythm is 1/3 of music and is almost always the part that is overlooked. Developing a good sense of rhythm and timing is best accomplished by learning to read music.
3) Songs – Pick 1 or 2 songs at a time to work on. Think of these as the cookies, they are what help to keep you motivated and having fun! Try to pick songs that reinforce the 2 other areas of your practice schedule. A good place to start is with the performance tunes contained in the courses.
@charles605 – We just did a vote-off in December, so once that song comes out we’ll do another one 🙂
@rustypal – Great job and Happy New Year! 🙂