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@dianna, that’s so true!! Rocky is Rose! So precious! 😅😻

@leb397, do you mean that the vocal was distracting from hearing the clawhammer part? Oh yes, if you slow it down that much, I feel like that would really distort the sound. Yes, we shall prevail! Just keep taking it slow. 😊💕

I actually wanted to try singing the Willow song but then I realized……. I can’t sing, whoops. 😅

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@leb397, haha, awww, thank you! I always look forward to seeing your entries, too! It’s so much fun to see what everyone does. Even though it’s the same songs, everyone’s is a little bit different. 😊

I’m also trying to learn BMBTW and that’s so dang tricky. For me, it was super hard to figure out the rhythm initially. I had to listen to the lesson many times, even so far, to grasp it, because I need to have it in my head to play it. I’m not good at reading the music and learning the rhythm that way. Also, memorizing all the patterns is so tricky because they are all very similar. Besides being rather whiny, I think it’s such a beautiful song, so it’s worth the struggle. 😂 I’m also going to learn Fields of Gold now in case I fail at BMBTW. 😅

And also My Heart Will Go On in clawhammer………….. 😉😂

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@jbmills07, another beaut!! You add so much to that song by playing with feeling, as you always seem to. Rocky is 100% adorbs!! I can’t even. 😻 I must go adopt a cat now, I have no choice, my landlord won’t notice (she would). 😉😂 Very lovely playing, though!

Side note, I just tested it, and My Heart Will Go On has high clawhammer potential; it scores an 8 or 9 on the CP scale. But I must learn at least one song as written… I know it’s good ‘n’ right to do that, to color inside the lines. I have big time problems with that, man, not just with music. 😅😂🥺

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@robinboyd, haha, I’m the same way with memorizing things like that. That’s so true; when you learn a chord in a certain context, it’s so much easier to remember, if you have a specific association with it. I’m still pretty bad at knowing the exact names of chords and I only know a few individual notes on the fretboard, but it’s a start to know, “oh, this is an E7 chord.” I just learned a higher up version of that chord for a song I’m working on, found from the link Lisa suggested. 😂

I’m definitely going to use that, too, though, thank you. 😊

This is the one @lisadmh suggested earlier: https://www.ezfolk.com/uke/chords/A_major/a_major.html

I posted that in my last reply but that’s also nice. 😊

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@robinboyd, oh that’s pretty flippin’ neat! That’s a useful tool to have. Not gonna lie, I was confused by it at first, but that definitely is awesome for seeing what all the different variations of a chord are. I am starting to learn what some further up chords are, but at a crushingly slow pace. That’s okay though. 😂 Anyway, thank you, friend! 😊

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@rebeca, that was so beautiful! You have a lovely voice indeed. 😊 It’s crazy how talented everyone on this site is. 😅

@lisadmh, that was so pretty! Y’all making that one sound so good, I may want to learn that one, and not because I question my ability to learn the Willow song in time, but I’ll try. 😅🥺

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@deadbuggy, oh em gee, that was amazing! I’m a deadbuggy after watching that. Genius. 😂😅😂 Sorry about your wrist; that stinks, big time.

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@jbmills07, very beautiful! Love that song. You captured the feeling well. And goofy smiles, accepted. What if you played the whole song making direct eye contact with the camera with an unwavering huge grin? That would be pretty creepy. 😂😅😂

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@uku241, congratulations!! Your performance was so magical and fun, and that uke is a beaut! 😁

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@jbmills07, I guess that’s true. Even if a song is a classic, if I don’t like it, I’m probably not going to learn it. 😂😳 It just takes me a while to really learn a song, and since it’s just for fun, I want to really like it. Still, that arrangement of that song is beautiful and you played it very well. 😊

@dianna, haha, strugglicious! 😅 Sigh, so true. That third section is so dang hard. Yaaaaasssss, I saw the clawhammer option! That may be the one I do. It’s very pretty. But… what if… My Heart Will Go On were in clawhammer? 😉😂 Actually, hmmm.

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@jbmills07, that was perfect! Really great job with that one. That isn’t my favorite song, Margaritaville, at all, but that arrangement is very pretty. I like it more on the uke. 😅 Looking forward to hearing your new uke!!

@dianna, really lovely job with that one! I feel like many people had to slow down with those muted strings, but you can do it way faster than I can right now! 😂 Really great! And thank you! It’s good practice for me to try writing down the things I figure out since that’s really challenging for me. 😊

Everyone did amazing… ly this month! Congrats to everyone on that! 😊

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@leb397, thank you, friend!! I love that style of music, too, bluegrass and folk music, and it’s so much fun to play. I only just started Matt’s strumming course because he has it on his Patreon and I think the course here is slightly different maybe? But I want to take both because the second video is the first time I’ve tried his kind of strumming and yes, boy is it tricky. 😅 It’s kind of funny and ironic because part of why the clawhammer version exists is because I was scared to start the strumming, so I did that instead, lol. Your take on that song was so good, you did a great job of keeping the timing steady and with those parallel octaves, so hard to do! 😁 Indeed everyone did a great job. I also really liked @brettboy and @abster ‘s versions of it. 😊

@mark1256, ha!! It’s a pretty beautiful key though. 😅

In case anyone would like to try playing the clawhammer version of Drunken Sailor, I tried to write out the tabs. I think @dianna said she might want to try it. Here ’tis:

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@leb397, oh em gee, that was so good! I love how you muted the string for the third theme, that was clever indeed! Imma hafta try that. Agreed with Andrew, really well done. 😊

@mark1256, that was so beautiful! Beagleful, too. Was she kinda in key, though? 😂😅 I can’t even with that. 😂😅😭

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@robinboyd, quite understandable, friend!! If you ever get a chance, maybe you could share your current version of that here. 😊

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@Stephen, thank you so much! I will try all that and also try not to react to my mistakes out loud / narrate them. 😅 That kind of strummin’ is so tricky along with the muted strings and things. Thank you! So fun to read through the feedback and see everyone’s amazing entries. 😊

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@gi_gi_ thaaaank you so much! 😁 I really enjoy playing songs that way, in that style. Or rather taking songs that are already well constructed and remixing them in that style. 😅 Thank you!! 😊

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