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@gi_gi_, hahaha oh my they do!! You’re right! I think the thing is that the Drewmpa Loompas’ main diet is noodles which is why they snatched that post up so quick!! 😂😅😂 Good one! We’re so ridiculous. 😅😂💕😉 I’m so, so happy that the video helped you!! That video is amazing, I finally got to watch it. Some of the things he talked about I was doing already, like playing the melody out of a chord or around a chord, but the thing I thought was especially amazing was the part about the chord inversions of different chords. That was so helpful, I’m definitely going to try that!! What a great video, thank you @emiliano so much for sharing that!! 😁
And yes, Gi Gi, that explanation sounds exactly right! The only other thing I think you’d have to change is the chords you’re playing the inversions of, too. So, for the key of G major, some chords that go with that are D and C. I think you can use the circle of fifths to find what chords can go with what key. I’m sorry I’m really bad with that part of things but basically you have to pick chords that “go with” whatever key you choose. 😂😅
Thank you again so much for these great replies!!! I think Andrew will rescue my ridiculous mega post from the Drewmpa Loompas soon but I don’t want to bug him for it. I’ll only post one video here at a time from now on. I just got excited… 😂
@gi_gi_ agreed that video looks really great, I’m going to watch it later today! 😁 Thank you, @emiliano! 😊
I wrote out a pretty long post in reply last night but the forum ate it because it had more than one link – with three more noodlings, that’s probably why the forum ate it. It got confused, thought they were ramen noodles. 😉😂
@gi_gi_ thank you so much! 😁💕 I’m going to try to get a recording pretty soon of how I normally “noodle” on uke because that’s only one way I go about it (and again that was more for an exercise Matt was helping me with, for a lesson). From what he was telling me, and from what I know from my own experience, the beauty of noodling is there really is no wrong way to approach it (to a degree 😂) and everyone has a different way of viewing it and going about it, and has things they naturally like to do when they noodle based on their individual experiences.
Hahaha!!! Same, Double G, same. 😅😂 In my experience, when you create something on your own, from out of your own head, you remember it more and can play it more easily because it stems from what you unconsciously, naturally do when playing an instrument. That’s just my opinion about it. I have a lot of thoughts about this obviously because I didn’t realize there was a name for this approach to playing an instrument until Matt brought it up. 😂 And this is always how I’ve (mostly) played instruments: By ear, through intuition, and “random wandering.” So I’ve been pondering this a lot.
That said, learning songs is how you can create an “infrastructure” for noodling and continue to give you new ideas and techniques. For me it’s really good to learn the songs here because otherwise my noodling could easily stagnate. 😅
I love that sooo much, that is so flippin’ lovely! Really amazing. Thank you for sharing that! How did you do that? Is that sort of an approach of following a musical scale and soloing that way? I love you chuckling at the end. 😂 You definitely should keep going with that! 😊💕
@gi_gi_, haha!! So glad you find it funny. 😅😂😅 I was going to bring up the idea of Ukulele-Based Cloning and the Drewmpa Loompas again, but it’s good to mix it up sometimes. Because obviously UBC is part of the ukulele’s future, as well. 😂😅
That’s so presh! So true. The ukulele will be in my future as long as possible, too. 😊💕
Just wanted to share the adorable mini ukuleles that @johanna2509 sent me! They’re sooooo cute and also my smallest size of googly eyes fits them, so… 😅😂💕
The future of the ukulele seems very bright, but unfortunately, not so much for humans. You see, there’s evidence that some ukuleles have spontaneously been sprouting eyes and gaining AI-level sentience and can write their own music now – on themselves. Through string theory and other “math,” they are using the songs they create to decode the mysteries of the universe beyond human comprehension…
I clearly don’t know what string theory is, but oh my gosh that’s a good pun actually. 😅
For reals, I do think the future of the ukulele is bright because of the great uke players, teachers, and passionate students of ukulele that we have now, especially the youngling uke players, like the ones on RC101. 😊
@planetfink, the emotion definitely carries through! I’ve now listened to Billie Eilish’s original a few times, absolutely beautiful performance, but the emotional weight of the lyrics is almost too much for me to keep listening to, so I’ll just try to focus on the Barbie / ukulele side of things more. 😅😂 But yes, you captured the emotion of it perfectly. And I love Matt’s arrangement, too. 😊 The chorus is kind of tricky to memorize and play – I just finished initially learning it. 😂
@planetfink, that was so, so beautiful! You captured the emotion to that song so much. 😊
All the other takes on that song are also very beautiful! With @marianne on the baritone, very lovely. And all the other entries so far, too. 😊
What Was I Made For? is also the song I’m going to try this month. I did follow the link to original song that @Andrew posted and that really got to me, big time. I haven’t seen the Barbie movie, but just listening to the lyrics, it’s something I can really relate to – maybe interpreting the lyrics differently. Anyway, Matt’s arrangement is so beautiful, hoping I can handle some of those chords changes. 😅
@lhamilton, that sounds so cool, a Celtic harp! I would love to hear that, to hear your harp-flavored noodling. 😁 If you ever wanted to share that here, that would be amazing! Thank you for the reply! 😊
I feel like the ukulele is, in some ways, one of the easier instruments to start noodling on, just because the first chords you learn on uke are pretty easy, like the C Major chord, F maj, G maj, and A minor chords and even just with those you can play some very pretty things without even thinking, just randomly fingerpicking while holding those chords. That’s what I did literally when I first started playing uke and I still love to play that way. For me it’s very therapeutic and relaxing to do that, to just relax and play through chords that way.
Even though I still only know a couple of notes on uke by name, I just try different chord shapes and create little melodies around those chords. It doesn’t always sound perfect but sometimes amazing things come from just trying different chord shapes that way. That’s one way I like to noodle. And again, learning really well written songs, like RC101’s, and reinventing them or simply just fingerpicking them differently or using a different technique to play the same-ish notes in the song. 😊
I’ll share another example of noodling soon, just gotta try to record a video! I hope more people decide to share their noodling examples. 😊
@leb397 hahaha! Thank you! I used the program MS Paint to draw that. It’s kind of a janky program but I love it. 😂 Hahaha yes! A little Rock Class 101 mascot! 😂😅
@gi_gi_ I’m so glad you love it!! 😂 With the idea about Drewmpa Loompas I have, I may draw that using non-digital materials, like physical pencils and such, so it can look more like Andrew lol. Because as much as I love MS Paint, it can be really hard to control.I did another version with more accurate colors to the Oompah Loompas. 😅 Also a slightly corrected version I “fixed” on my phone just to show how I might want to correct the face shape. 😂
Hahahaha!! @gi_gi_ I almost was about to email the drawing to you because I know you needed to see it right away. Very important! 😂😂😂😂😂
I think the sulky, kind of brooding expression, the poofy green hair, along with the red and white striped tights are what I am most pleased with about it. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I’m not okay. 😂
Well… here’s the big reveal. Here is one depiction of the Drewmpa Loompas. This one is a little spicy. He might have a little bit of a ‘tude. 😅😅😅
There may be another version at some point. This is just an homage to the OG Oompa Loompas, of course. 😅
This is how I spend my Saturday! But today is a “creative things” day with various drawing projects, so there you have it. 😅😂
Okay, looking at the thumbnail before I post this, it did turn out as funny as I hoped. The thing that sent me over the edge was the stripped leggings – I forgot about that. 😂😂
@Andrew @Stephen @gi_gi_ @johanna2509 Also I know there are others who also seemed to find this funny, but I don’t want to tag everyone, but I’m thinking of you. 😂@abster, aww, I’m so happy to hear that!! 😁 He needs to know that he’s a little rock star! 😊
Such amazing playing by everyone, really excited for the June challenge!! 😊😁
@Stephen, ha, yes, well, not many people have heard of the Drewmpa Loompas because, well, there was a slight interruption in the timeline – the series of events that led to their creation via ukulele-based cloning (or UBC). @gi_gi_ and I had a plan in place and @Andrew, being a clever and resourceful fellow with powerful, ukulele-wielding friends, thwarted our schemes. Little does he know that that’s only what happened in this dimension…
…Ya know? 😂😅
Anyway! Thank you so much for the feedback! It was so much harder to play that song on the electric uke because of the reason you mentioned. I may have to mess around with the settings, hopefully I can figure that out. Thank you so much for the encouragement! 😊
@lhamilton, oh sweet! Now that makes perfect sense. Thank you! 😊 I think I may even have everything now to rig that up, including an extra strap, and little velcro loopy things that you use for organizing cords. Thank you so much, I really appreciate your idea! 😁💕
@abster, that was absolutely beautiful! Amazing job as always from the young gentleman! 😊
