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This is such a cool idea for this challenge, how it’s laid out with the strumming and fingerpicking in “parallel difficulty”! Part of me is curious to revisit Aura Lee because that’s the first RC101 song I learned. I might do that and also try one of the easier strumming songs in my “forever quest” at getting better at that. 😂 Also that uke prize is very cute!! 😊😂
@lhamilton, thank you for explaining that! That’s really interesting. I’d like to try the u-bass at some point because it’s cool to add more depth to songs, it seems like, or even just to play by itself like that – sounds so lovely.
@dianna, thank you so much about my tremolo playing! I hope you do get to try it, it’s very tricky, but it can sound majestic if you get it right. I’m still working on it though and will continue to. If you listen to how Marianne plays it, it is much faster than how I was playing it, which is another reason her playing is hashtag ukulele goals. 😂 I loved your take on five foot two (completely blanked out on the songs name) and it did sound amazing on the banjolele!! I think I get what Andrew was saying about the swing feel.
@yukulele, that’s sounding really good! That’s just how you start with any technique is nice and slow, but it’s already sounding great! You just gotta keep going with it and you’ll get more and more comfortable with the odd feel of clawhammer. Also congrats!!
@emiliano, that was absolutely gorgeous! What an amazing arrangement and you played it exquisitely! I still love that song, but I think it means something different to me with my experience of love, I guess. Anyway, very, very beautiful!
@mickan88, That was so lovely! I always have loved that song because of its nostalgia and the hopeful feeling of bringing in the New Year. You played it beautifully!
@bibilele, that sounded very pretty! Those techniques are interesting, a very different sound and very tricky! I talked about tapping with Matt at one point in a lesson, very fun, but a huge learning curve! Lovely work!! 😁
@janaq1 amazing arrangement! Writing down songs in tab is soooo very difficult, congrats on successfully doing that! I also struggle with that so much, especially with rhythm, but it is a helpful exercise. Beautiful work!!
@leslieb, that’s sounding very lovely!! You made a ton of progress smoothing that out! It can be crazy how long sometimes it can take to feel comfortable with a song. I feel that! Beautiful job!
@jgillard so, so beautiful! I really love that song and especially Andrew’s version of it. You played it majestically. You make me want to try it, even though it looks really difficult. Lovely!I’m so sorry that I didn’t get to everyone, but tbh, I’m feeling so hungry that I can’t continue (once I realized I missed some on a previous page, lol). 😂😅 Of course @Andrew’s feedback is the best and also others, @dianna especially, have left lovely feedback. But just know that I’ll listen to the rest and I already know they will be great! Amazing work by all!! What an incredible month!! 😁
(I forgot to add in my first two comments in reply to @dianna and @lhamilton earlier. 😂)
@jbmills07, so very sorry that you are going through this, friend. 😟❤️ Your performance was so beautiful and heartbreaking, and touched the soul. No question that Regina heard you sing and play for her. Sending comforting thoughts, prayers, and hugs your way. 😟❤️
Sweet! I like when searches appear that way, the results are much clearer. Thank you for that, Andrew! 😊
@Andrew, thank you so much! It means a lot that you like that. 😊 I know I was kind of all over the place playing different songs, but that actually kind of worked with keeping the practice interesting. I’m really glad you thought the high G version worked! 😁
And thank you @marianne, I look forward to learning the rest of your lovely tune! 😊
@lhamilton, that’s really cool! I look forward to hearing you play that more in upcoming tunes, too. 😊 I think I know what you mean by the strings are tuned in fourths, if that means each string is a fourth higher or lower than the next?
@nelsonlin2021, that was magical! I think harmonics can sound really lovely. They are fun. 😊
@Kasia, very lovely playthrough of that one!! 😊 I also see your metronome friend in the background! 😂👀
@maryjanew, lovely singing and playing, I really love that song! Good luck finishing up the missing parts!! 😊
@nat-uke that sounded really amazing!! The sweep strum and the fingerpicking were perfect! 😊
@leb397, thank you so much, friend!! It may take much longer to get it even faster, but I do feel at least a bit more comfortable with it now, so that’s something! 😂 Thank you again! 🥰
@gi_gi_ thank you so much, friend!!! That really means a lot that you say that. 😊🥰 Ha, I’m trying to record more things with talking on camera (due to how nervous it still makes me) and it seemed to fit in this case. 😂 You’re fun and talented!! (I wanted to write that in all caps but held back.) 😂😅 Have a lovely trip! 😊(I started replying to one person, but then wanted to reply to everyone again. 😅😳)
Hahaha! Oh my word, that is so beautiful! She looks so stunning!! 😂😅
Haha, also such a great strategy to use the metronome!! All you have to do is personify it, then you feel guilty for not spending time with it. 😂
Thank you for sharing that, @Kasia! Glad to inspire that beauty! 😁
That also made me wonder if my ukulele, Ukebert, needs a mouth sticker, but his sound hole is his mouth. 😅😅😂
What other musical things can we anthropomorphize? 😉😂
Sooo many amazing entries, I just want to leave a quick comment on all the recent ones:
@frederic, that sounds so amazing! Agreed with Andrew that it’s a huge improvement! And just generally that sounded so lovely and smooth. 😊
@lhamilton, that sounded so very majestic with the bass! Very beautiful! 😊
@anyon1, that sounded absolutely beautiful! So many tricky movements in that one and you played it beautifully! 🥰 I forgot how magical that song is! 😅
@marianne, that sounded so lovely! Your playing is elegant as always! 😊🥰
@rw1950merritt, very beautiful playing! It is borderline impossible to play through with no mistakes. 😂 Okay, not impossible, but very difficult. You did a lovely job! 😊
@gi_gi_ friend, absolutely gorgeous cover! Gull dang, you need to share that singing voice of yours more often! So beautiful! 😊 Open Mic? 😉😂🥺😳😅 I hope you have safe travels! 🥰😊
@leb397, you absolutely nailed that! Really perfect! So much fun to listen to that. Lovely work, friend! 🥰😊…
Okay, I guess I’ll share my progress now. 😆 Oh good golly. I was extra a hot mess this month. So this is what I ended up recording. 😂😅😂 It’s basically an assortment of different things I used to practice the tremolo. Even though I was extra scatterbrained, I did practice almost every day with these things and I think I at least increased my comfort and speed a tiny bit. Still needs work though. This is definitely something I will continue to work on. (Writing an original with this technique was more a bonus goal, but I think I will use this technique more and still try to use it in an original soon.) Thank you, @Andrew, for this amazing challenge! 😊
@leb397, thank you so much, friend!! 😁 I still love to try to mix different techniques like that together and see what happens. 😂 I’m so happy you’re still hooked on clawhammer, I look forward to the next time you share something with that and to your entry in the challenge, too! 😁🥰
Here is the second song, by the way, it took way longer than expected to get it recorded. It’s my solo uke version of I’ll Be Seeing You. I did look up a lot of chords for this one and I think that’s why this one has more harmonic depth than usual (if that’s a thing). 😂
@brettboy, that was sooo cool! Really amazing! That sounded so good together with the bass! 😊😎
Andrew, thank you so much!! It always means extra when you like something. 😊 I hope you understand. 😅 It may take a bit, but I think I’ll try to finish that one with the bridge of the song. I feel like there’s no way I’d be able to create arr. like that without all I’ve learned from here and all the different kinds of inspiration. 😊
I still haven’t gotten to record the second song, but I should be able to on Sunday, along with the challenge song. Get ‘er done! 😂
@mattukulele, the one song you shared on your Patreon is so beautiful! So cool that you’ve been so inspired by the baritone to create all of this. Looking forward to hearing more!! 😊
@katazumiri, amazing and magical! I loved that! 😊🥰
@misterbones, it’s hard to fathom seeing five or six concerts in one day, but I guess it’s physically possible… 😂 That’s really cool that you get to do that though. The night scene in my town is questionable to put it nicely. 😂 It would be really cool to hear the other ragas you learn! 😊The tremolo practice is going okay. I do think I’ve at least increased my comfort with the technique, if not the speed by that much. I think what I’ll do is record the two things I’ve been using to practice the technique with. I did technically create a song using the technique, though it isn’t an original. Hmmm. There’s still time, maybe I can come up with something. 😂
@misterbones, thank you so much for that explanation! Very interesting. Also, the classical Indian music is so b.a., in that video, breathtaking and mesmerizing. Incredible skill. I would love to see that live. I haven’t been to many concerts in my life, tbh, maybe only technically five or six concerts: Mumford & Sons, Nickelback (LOL – they had a few bops, but my sister wanted to see them), Vienna Teng, this small town / local bluegrass group, and this Australian group that only sings the Psalms called Sons of Korah. There may be more that I’m forgetting, but not many at all. Oh, and I went to one local orchestra concert. But yes, the sound and style of that is incredible. I do think you captured the feel of that with ukulele. Do you think you’ll share the other ragas here once you learn them? Also, @gi_gi_ that’s so cool that you’re going there! You defs should get those flutes. The sound of those is so majestic. 😊
