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Hi everyone, here’s my take for this month’s challenge.
I picked the 12-bar blues. Actually, I learned this tune in the very first course I took here on RockClass101, the complete beginner course. So it was easier this time to learn it. But my biggest challenge was getting the timing right. And I’m still not sure whether I’m off the beat, actually.I’ve really enjoyed everyone’s entries — fantastic playing. See you all next month…
AnnyThank you @Andrew I didn’t realise that there’s the bar for the tuning on the top. That’s fantastic, very helpful 😀
Hey folks, I struggle this month a bit to pick a song because I don’t find really beginner options on a low G ukulele (which I have only).
Or can I just play the high G songs on low G? But it will sound strange 🙈Thank you @Andrew that’s a great tip. I tried to play the high G in measure 15 on the 7th fret of the C string. But using the E string is much simpler and makes more sense hahah ☺️
@cyman_t that’s a very nice tune. I enjoyed listening it.
Thank you, @mickan88. Yes, it was a nightmare hearing the ukulele body crack. I guess that’s part of learning not to leave your ukulele standing upright on a chair. 😅
I’m really glad your motivation to play came back because you play so beautifully.
Thank you @gi_gi_ <3
I also love everyone’s submissions. Looking forward for more…Hi folks!
Nice to meet everyone here for the Summer Challenge. And what a fantastic prize is waiting! I would absolutely love to win it, especially since my ukulele fell down last week and broke 🙁
I couldn’t wait, though, so I got a similar ukulele to the Kala Revelator but from Flight. I unboxed it yesterday, so I hope it’s in tune! (I feel like I have to tune it all the time, especially the A-string). It’s strung with a low G.
I chose to start with the very first lesson of the course, Aura Lee. It sounds a little different with the low G, but I hope it works anyway.
Here’s my take on *Aura Lee*
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Thank you @The_Bumble_Bard yes I was the one saying I’ve started six months ago 🙂
Your playing is absolutely lovely. See you again in October (or in the summer challenges)…
Hey thanks for sharing. I would love to go to the festival next year. What type of workshops do the offer?
I have never been to a ukulele festival, so no idea what to expect 😉Beautiful submissions. I love to watch them all.
I already did my submission for Jasmine Flower earlier in June so I didn’t bother about the deadline. But I worked on Red Is The Rose quite a bit. In the video you can almost see my brain collapsing at certain parts and I also struggled to memorise everything, wondering how others do it. But now I realised that some of you simply can read tabs while playing ( which I can’t do yet 😉
Have a wonderful summer everyone. See you again in fall…
Here’s my take on Red Is The Rose.
AnnyThank you @cinichol 🙏🏼
Thank you, @gi_gi_
I’ll check out these one year zero to hero videos. Sounds interesting. To answer your question, I do sound therapy, so I play a lot of instruments like singing bowls, tuning forks, drums etc. but most of them have only one specific frequency (and overtones) and are very intuitive to play. There’s no tabs or anything to read and follow. I don’t play other string instruments.Thank you so much @Andrew and @misterbones and everyone for your really really nice comments. Sometimes when practicing all by myself I don’t even realise my progress and I don’t have a comparison point. Then it’s hard to know.
So thanks to all of you for the feedback. It helps a lot 🤍Thank you for your encouraging words @misterbones
I’m probably not patient enough with myself 😅
I practice every day and I really love it. I picked up the ukulele 5 month ago. To become good at it is a long run, I know.
Just getting a bit frustrated when I manage to play something right for about ten times in a row and then get it wrong again. Or completely forget what comes next in the progression even though I’ve already practiced it since a week and could remember it before.
However what you describe to stop and do something else for a day or two and then come back to it does really help. I experienced this too several times. So let’s keep strumming 🤙🏼
