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Haha, thank you, Andrew! Well, that’s good to know. So, basically I wrote so much that the site said, “nah, a normal / actual / okay person wouldn’t write that much.” Shoot. LOL. That’s fair. 🙂
@Andrew, thank you kindly! Why does that keep happening to me? I maybe shouldn’t be rambling so much…………………………….
@surferjay, thank you for the lovely, in-depth reply! I enjoyed reading that. =)
Agreed, the uke is so versatile, so amazing, it can do so many things. For me, I knew I wanted to play classical music and movie themes because those are the things I love to play, but a uke can also “clawhammer” (the second thing I *started* to learn on the uke), it can blues, it can rock. A uke can everything. And it’s so dang sweet-sounding, of course.
I mean, those are pretty substantial improvements! One of the hardest things to master IMO is theory. It’s not always the most “fun” things to tackle, but it is very empowering. I say this as a total hypocrite because I struggle the most with that kind of discipline in learning…
Hmmmm. I don’t even know what things I could point out as my greatest improvements. I feel like through hours upon hours of practice, I have become a bit freer in my playing and maybe a bit smoother.
Joining this site was one of the best decisions I made for my learning and confidence. So far, I have learned how to *finish* learning a *whole* song, instead of somewhat learning parts of songs until it got too difficult. That’s why I think many of the songs on this site are great for that; they’re challenging, but not impossible for a beginner to completely learn. And also all the guidance, tips, and instruction that go along with each song–techniques that apply to all playing, so that with each song you learn, all of the songs you know get better. I feel like I’m writing an ad for the site, but it’s 100% facts. LOL.
I know exactly what you mean about theory. So, I do know enough to know exactly what you’re talking about. I started playing piano when I was 8 years old, and kept up with it until my mid to late twenties, when honestly I got depressed for a long time and stopped doing a lot of things. Now, in my mid-ish-kinda thirties, I’m starting to do things that bring me joy again, which includes playing the uke. 🙂 All this to say, that was one thing I struggled to comprehend on the uke fretboard; how to translate “white keys” and “black keys” (all the notes I knew from playing piano) to frets. That is a brilliant idea to tune the uke so it’s all in C. How… how do you do that?
I also was going to agree that this site is great just for the community: Being able to share and discuss with other people who love what you love is pretty dang special. People who won’t just nod and smile and say, “that’s nice,” or not really care. Well, or they just aren’t as obsessed, which is fair. Well, except for my sister-in-law who plays guitar. We got to “jam” one time; but that was a year ago so I could barely keep up, even though it was just Over the Rainbow. That is an amazing feeling though. I see why you love that.
But yeah, with a looper, you can jam with yourself, which seems pretty neat! =D
I’m sorry that I rambled even more back…………………………. I really appreciate your reply, though! I read it a few times, this is just my own take on the topics you brought up. Happy uking to you too, friend! =)
Just out of curiosity, where are you from (generally)?
@surferjay, I wrote out a whole reply, but the site is rejecting it. That’s probably a bad sign. LOL.
@surferjay, thanks for that info / recommendation! I have been curious about those for a while. I’ve seen people on Twitch use them on music channels and thought they were pretty neat! I think at some point I’d definitely like to get one to try, and that one sounds like a good option! I’m still a pretty newish uke-player, uk… ukiest… uker…………………….. but there are things I’ve wanted to do but physically couldn’t play without playing two ukes simultaneously, like very high up on the fret board while playing lower on the fret board. Obviously, you can “stretch” the boundaries somewhat there, but the good Lord only gave us each two hands, with which to play upon a uke. LOL.
Anyway, this recording of yours was very lovely! I like that you keep going with your recordings even with interruptions. Lol.
@surferjay, hehehe well, everyone starts somewhere! I think it’s so cool when ideas are borrowed and reinvented and overlayed from multiple sources like that.
Also, I love that song. When I had a piano I used to love to improvise with that song. Not anything so put together and neat like what you did, just messin’ around.
What you’re using to do that is called a looper, right? Hope that’s not a dumb question.
@Andrew, thank you kindly! I will continue recording under water then! 😅😂
No one needs to know the explanation, but I had a fan running while I was recording that ………….. Fail.
I am bad at so many things.
Here is my entry for this month’s challenge!
I wanted to share for fun ‘n’ feedback and to share my progress, but would like to be excluded from the prize drawing because I literally won last month, lol. I am uke-fat now. The bamboo uke is beaut though!
Sorry that it literally sounds like I recorded this underwater. I need to step up my recording game… a lot.
Oh, also, Etude No. 5, is a lovely one! It took a while to learn.
Also also………………… Everyone did an amazing job this month! I watched all the entries; they’re all so good! 😀
@robinboyd, hahahahahaha!! Absolutely brilliant! Love that one! 😂 Yeah, that’s pretty much me when I sing but unintentional of course. 😅
@madz_about_uke, haha of course!! Glad that it did! 😁@lhamilton, oh, that’s so exciting! Ha, maybe if I hit another wall of struggle, I could ask you, because I feel like you’ll figure it out faster than I will, lol! 😉
@lhamilton, oh, that’s good to know! Thank you kindly!
You know, I just realized that is the learning series that was linked in a card with my uke, but the problem was I looked up “tenthumbspro” manually, and didn’t do the bar code scan on my phone because I am sometimes bad with phone technology. I am in the front seat of the struggle bus at all times, lol. Thank you! 😀
