[Andrew]

@marlongas – Beautifully played, bravo! 🙂

[Andrew]

That’s awesome! Keep up the good work 🙂

[Andrew]

I prefer to keep the wrist straight, but some of our other teachers like Steven and Matt prefer the other way. Try both and see which feels most comfortable to you.

[Andrew]

@unlegendaryn00b – I moved this post to our October challenge, since your question is on a song from last month. Can you post a video playing it? I’d be better able to help if I can see/hear what’s happening.

Also, our October challenge has ended. So unfortunately, I wouldn’t be able to give you an entry for the prize. But the good news is there are 2 more chances to win! Hope you join us in November and December 🙂

[Andrew]

@mandzuke – 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 last night. But the good news is there are 2 more chances to win! Hope you join us in November and December 🙂

[Andrew]

@maryjanew – You can post here or email it to me 🙂

For your other question, please see this post.

[Andrew]

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED THIS MONTH! WE HAD 107 MEMBERS PARTICIPATE! YOU GUYS ROCK!

Angelo, AJ 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.

P.S. Angelo will post feedback for page 16 soon.

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johanna2509
johanna2509
melanieh
rickeymike
rickeymike
b_ukes_101
b_ukes_101
zongozongo
zongozongo
raysantan
raysantan
myukemylife
myukemylife
planetfink
planetfink
mark1256
mark1256
ccwuke
ccwuke
qiuyan
qiuyan
lyndallk
lyndallk
misterbones
misterbones
terryfallon3
terryfallon3
rebeca
rebeca
barbecueblack
barbecueblack
wongbrown
wongbrown
robinboyd
robinboyd
antotonin
antotonin
shmu88
shmu88
katazumiri
june2020
june2020
debb1985
debb1985
hollus
willymac
willymac
brettboy
brettboy
nthibode
nthibode
rafaela
rafaela
joe150
joe150
patricia81
patricia81
whollyprofit
whollyprofit
mademoiselleannette
clempek
clempek
ldarrow
ldarrow
lisadmh
lisadmh
terryfallon3
terryfallon3
seoulkim
seoulkim
henri0
henri0
akukes73
akukes73
bethany_guardiani
bethany_guardiani
simonalexander
simonalexander
felixhchan
felixhchan
kidelozzi
kidelozzi
lhamilton
lhamilton
lbilkie
lbilkie
saiyara
saiyara
robinl
jbmills07
jbmills07
lynnzo
lynnzo
patdrehu
patdrehu
jayton
jayton
joelnal
joelnal
kpurdy
kpurdy
bibilele
bibilele
timolnz
timolnz
gi_gi_
gi_gi_
paul60
paul60
dennisdickens
dennisdickens
xavierrahfael
xavierrahfael
ukandrea
ukandrea
concan
concan
leslieb
leslieb
evapaju
evapaju
kelsey91
kelsey91
ebetsimo
coffeemug
coffeemug
Catherine
Catherine
dododudus
dododudus
bluewater671
bluewater671
cncamacho
cncamacho
gstriph
gstriph
karenj
karenj
annemarie
annemarie
morrieuke1
morrieuke1
biancak
biancak
janaq1
janaq1
mermaidofca
mermaidofca
dividedsky
dividedsky
noahchen
noahchen
beauke
beauke
jnjmalos
jnjmalos
richard_siegert
artcrocker
artcrocker
rufio0
rufio0
mac1984
mac1984
mfaske
mfaske
flenji
flenji
andrewvh
andrewvh
kean811
kean811
gonzo-fett
gonzo-fett
addilein
addilein
santai
santai
ukealori
ukealori
maryjanew
maryjanew
uku241
uku241
lisamcc
lisamcc
themccoys
themccoys
yukalele
yukalele
smudge
smudge
isabelm
isabelm
mkstewart67
mkstewart67
sylus9
sarahd
sarahd
kirpuff
kirpuff

[Andrew]

Here’s the rest of the folks on page 15.

santai – That was awesome! I thought you did really well with singing and playing. Actually, this Friday’s lesson is going to cover how to sing while strumming. Ashley’s teaching it and she’s got a pretty unique way of breaking down the steps 🙂

ukealori – Here is my feedback for you and here is the first lesson and second lesson I referenced 🙂

maryjanew – That was awesome, Mary Jane! Rhythm sounds great, but see if you can get those barre chords to ring a little clearer. From what I can see, your form looks good. So I think it’s a building finger strength issue. And everyone knows barres take a lot of strength!

Try this exercise, which fingerpicks the opening chord progression. Use it as a warm-up. It’ll be good practice for building strength 🙂

uku241 – I love the clip of you 2 jamming! And thank you so much for the kind words, Brian! I really appreciate it 🙂

Your performance was great! I love the feel of rubato that you use and great job an adapting it for low G. Keep up the great work!

lisamcc – Playing sounded beautiful, Lisa! Great feel throughout. For that one section that’s a little tricky, try playing along with Steven in the tab player. That should help keep you locked into the groove.

[Andrew]

@kean811 – Beautifully played! And I really like how you played through that measure that had a couple wrong notes. This is a great example of playing through mistakes, because the truth is… mistakes happen. Nobody plays perfect all the time. It’s always best to play through any mistake(s) when we’re doing a performance, instead of stopping or restarting.

@gonzo-fett – Thank you for the kind words! Your performance was elegant and absolutely gorgeous. Well done!

Also, I’m sorry you had trouble posting. Sometimes things get stuck in spam.

@addilein – That rocked! It was fun to watch 🙂

@marianne – Wow that uke sounds amazing! Beautiful performance, Marianne 🙂

[Andrew]

Love it! 🙂 Mix sounds much better too!

[Andrew]

Here’s everyone on page 14.

dividedsky – Beautifully played! A Melody sounds great, so I’d focus on smoothing out the B Melody. One tip, switch to the ring finger for G5 in bar 39. That’ll make the transition to the chord in measure 41 much easier.

noahchen – Well done! One thing I’d work on is increasing sustain. Check out this video that I made for another member this month. It’s got some tips on how to do that for this song.

beauke – Excellent job! So I made this video for another member this month which gave some tips on keeping the swing feel intact when doing the pull-off licks. Which are really challenging in this song!

Check it out and give the exercise a shot 🙂

jnjmalos – Beautifully played! Best advice I can give is to keep doing what you’re doing because it’s working 🙂

But I do have 1 tip: I’d use the fingerings that I recommend for some of those tricky chords, like the ones in bars 41 & 42. It’ll make those sections much easier to play.

richard_siegert – Wonderful played! If I have to nitpick, I’d say keep working on smoothing out the timing in theme 2 (bars 9-16). But overall, it was extremely well played. Keep up the great work!

artcrocker – Great job! So with this song we want to use a swing feel throughout. Take a moment to check out this lesson. It’ll explain the difference between playing with a straight versus a swung feel.

Keep working on the ending. Some of the phrases are a bit rushed. Try playing along with Matt in the tab player. His playing will act as a guide to help keep you locked in-time.

rufio0 – Playing sounds great, Ilija! So the thing that I’d work on its timing/rhythm. Try to count as you play, like I show in the video below. That should add a lot of clarity to the rhythms that you are playing.

P.S. I’m playing the first four bars a little different b/c I don’t have my high G atm.

mac1984 – Playing was great! Great pace and feel throughout. You did seem a little bit nervous, maybe?

One tip: Try not to bend the ring finger at the first joint – like you do at 15 seconds, and a few other times throughout. We always want to keep a nice curve to aid with fretting.

mfaske – Playing sounds great! So it sounds like you intentionally wanted to play it with a straight feel. Which is totally cool! But if you need a recap on the difference between straight vs. swung, check out this lesson.

flenji – Excellent playing, Hannes! Keep doing what you’re doing, sounds great! Hope you join us for more challenges 🙂

This was a really good take, Andrew! Sounds like you put in a lot of work 🙂

andrewvh – Timing was excellent, but I think if you the slow tempo down a little bit you can focus on adding more sustain throughout. Check out the video I left above for @noahchen. It’s got some tips for increasing sustain in this song.

[Andrew]

Friendly Reminder – The deadline for receiving feedback and an entry into the giveaway is tonight at 11:59 PM EST (check your local time zone).

[Andrew]

That was awesome, Andrea! Playing sounds great! I have one suggestion: for the mix, maybe drop the rhythm’s volume a bit so it doesn’t overshadow the lead.

But I loved it overall! Very creative 🙂

[Andrew]

Here are the rest of the folks on page 11 that we hadn’t gotten to 🙂

dennisdickens – Great job, Dennis! Performance was great overall! I do have one suggestion for you to work. Check out this video that I made for another member a couple days ago. It’s got some tips for working on getting those pull-off licks down with that swung feel.

xavierrahfael – Smooth start with the hat 🙂

Your feel is wonderful and great job on getting that swung feel down! One tip, try to tap along as you play. That’ll help keep you locked into the tempo b/c some of your phrases have a bit of a rushed feel. But if you tap along I think that would stop that.

And I love the backdrop!

[Andrew]

@smudge – Can you upload the video to YouTube and share the link?

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