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Hi Ukulele friends! I’ve already done Severance, Morisson’s Jig and Contemplations (all excellent arrangements btw!) and I was having a hard tome choosing another 2025 RC101 release that spoke to me. I thought about the concept lessons. I really need/want to improve my sound recording situation. I usually just use my iPhone. I have a good mic and I’m pretty good with garage band but I’m just really adverse to putting in the effort for some reason. I did watch Matt D’s recording your Uke video and felt a little inspired but I guess I’m just too lazy. Instagram has been going hard lately trying to sell me the “audio wireless mic and ap for my phone” I looked into it but I’m intimidated by the price. Anyone have any thoughts to share about any of that. I appreciate you all. Now, all that is to say, I kinda phoned it in this month with a quick “April Smile.” This was a sweet little melody and fun to play.
Aloha Ukuukulelele Family! This month I wanted to learn RC101’s excellent new Morrison’s Jig Arrangement. This one was a real challenge for me. I managed to finally get it 100% memorized over a week ago. But I have, to this day, never played it with perfect accuracy except at snail speed. This take is the pinnacle of my practice, decent speed and almost accurate. Thanks for the great challenge Andrew, Matt and Sam Muir! 🙂
Thanks Bumble Bard 🙂 The baritone is tuned DGBE which is the same as the bottom 4 strings of a guitar. If you capo the Fifth Fret of a baritone you have GCEA (standard Uke tuning). You could try Morrison Jig on your guitar but it would be very tricky to avoid the low E and A strings. Also this RC101 arrangement requires tuning the D string up to an E to get an open Em tuning.
Aloha Ukulele Friends!
Ex : I’m going to learn RC101’s new Morrison’s Jig Baritone arrangement 🙂
Ap : watch the RC101 video. Print out the tabs. Play it over and over and over again until I got it at a decent speed.
Ev : Post video on my YT and share it here 🙂
Have a great August Rockclass Fam’ ! ! !
thanks!!! @karenj 🙂
Fun Fact @Andrew and @The_Bumble_Bard
I surprised my wife with a “Melon Party” back in May for Mothers Day. I rolled it in on a cart wearing a tie while our teens pretended to be Macro Data refiners. Needless to say it was the hilarious and she loved it 🙂
🙂 ! ! !
Andrew, I’d like to share with you some facts about your Outie, because your Outie is an exemplary person, try to enjoy each one equally. These facts are not to be shared outside this forum. They’re yours to enjoy.
1. Your Outie is generous.
2. Your Outie is fond of music and owns many records.
3. Your Outie is a friend to children, the elderly and the insane.
-Try not to laugh. That’s 10 point off. You have 90 points remaining.
4. Your Outie (and Innie) is a Super Ukulele Teacher!Hi Ukulele Friends!
I really wanted to try RC101’s Severance Theme this month. Such a cool song and great uke arrangment. Here’s my best attempt:
Happy Summer to my fellow Northern Hemisphere ukulele friends 🙂
I chose Summertime. Here’s my best take:
Thanks to Andrew and Steven for the great lesson!(PS If you also wanna check out my “In the Summertime” video, it’s on my YT posted August 3, 2023)
Hi RockClass Family 🙂 Here is my best take of Contemplations on my baritone.
A beautiful piece. Thanks for the lesson and challenge!Aloha Ukulele Family! This month I took on the concept lesson “Rhythm Blues” – It was a great challenge and fun piece to play. Here’s my best take 🙂
Ahoy Ukulele Friends. Thanks for this excellent challenge Andrew. Here is my Game of Thrones theme from 7 years ago. I never totally loved the way this old recording turned out. to me it sounds tinny, clunky and rushed and I feel like I could make the piece sound a lot more expressive and smooth now if I tried harder. So my plan is to practice it throughout the month and then try to produce a new version with better sound quality and more soulful ukulele playing.