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October 1, 2019 at 11:43 am in reply to: Participate in the September 2019 Member Challenge – Next Level Strumming! #31042

coffeemug
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Thanks so much for the feedback, Andrew! I don’t always have the best posture when practicing (i.e. I’m a slug on the couch) so that’s probably led to some bad habits when it comes to holding the uke.

You also seemed to have uncovered my less than spectacular housekeeping skills! I’m off to dust now.

Congrats on the new uke, Brettboy!

September 29, 2019 at 2:00 pm in reply to: Participate in the September 2019 Member Challenge – Next Level Strumming! #30980

coffeemug
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Greetings! So I couldn’t pluck the pluck and strum with the he same vigor as Christopher. I’m a chicken. Enjoyed learning all the different strums. Looking forward to next month’s lesson!

August 2, 2019 at 7:31 am in reply to: Participate in the July 2019 Member Challenge – Summer Blockbusters! #29405

coffeemug
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Thanks for the feedback, Andrew!

July 31, 2019 at 9:53 am in reply to: Participate in the July 2019 Member Challenge – Summer Blockbusters! #29325

coffeemug
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This is such a pretty tune which I managed to sufficiently mangle. (I’m sorry, John Williams.)

July 5, 2019 at 1:29 pm in reply to: Participate in the June 2019 Member Challenge – LAST Chance to WIN a Kanile’a! #28699

coffeemug
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Thanks for the feedback, Stephen!

June 29, 2019 at 7:13 pm in reply to: Participate in the June 2019 Member Challenge – LAST Chance to WIN a Kanile’a! #28556

coffeemug
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Hi!

I am a premium member.

May 27, 2019 at 3:18 pm in reply to: Advice for 100% humidity & thumb sticking needed #27604
coffeemug
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Maybe cut off the thumb of a cotton glove and use that while your playing. Or maybe try some baby powder…if you’re out of rosin.
- This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by coffeemug.
April 19, 2019 at 10:05 am in reply to: Participate in the April 2019 Member Challenge – WIN a Kanile’a Tenor Uke! #26621

coffeemug
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Thanks for the feedback, Andrew. Timing must be my nemesis. I’m a little frustrated because the past few months I’ve really been working on my timing while practicing…playing along with the online tabs, using a metronome, tapping my feet, but that hasn’t been reflected in my challenges. I will try your suggestion of counting out loud while playing. Eventually something’s got to click.

By the way, I live off those LaCroix wannabes!

April 15, 2019 at 6:30 pm in reply to: Participate in the April 2019 Member Challenge – WIN a Kanile’a Tenor Uke! #26534

coffeemug
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I am a premium member.

Here goes:

April 1, 2019 at 4:11 pm in reply to: Participate in the March 2019 Member Challenge – Irish Songs! #26142

coffeemug
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Thanks for the feedback, Andrew. I’ll definitely pay attention to my left hand form.

March 30, 2019 at 12:57 pm in reply to: Participate in the March 2019 Member Challenge – Irish Songs! #26068

coffeemug
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Hi! This was such a pretty arrangement and a lot of fun to play.

March 21, 2019 at 6:00 pm in reply to: Harp-Ukulele duets #25877

coffeemug
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Wonderful! What a great combination of musicians and instruments!

February 23, 2019 at 11:27 am in reply to: Participate in the February 2019 Member Challenge – Music Reading Course! #25294

coffeemug
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Hi, all.

I know the basics of reading music from playing the saxophone and piano in my younger days, but hadn’t learn to translate notes on the staff to the uke fretboard–so this was a welcome challenge.

January 10, 2019 at 11:16 pm in reply to: Participate in the December 2018 Member Challenge – LAST CHANCE to Win Kanile’a! #22464

coffeemug
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Thanks for the advice, Stephen! I’m making a commitment to practicing with a metronome this year.

January 5, 2019 at 11:28 am in reply to: New Reading Standard Notation #22091

coffeemug
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Hey, Ricky–

When I first started playing I couldn’t really tell a difference between the sound quality of my $50 shark Makala and a more expensive uke. The deeper I got into playing the more I noticed the intricacies of various ukes. I ended up putting a low G on my shark soprano once I added my nicer second uke and had a lot of fun with it. I probably wouldn’t put a low g on a more expensive soprano for reasons that have been mentioned above (stress on the neck, etc.), but I wouldn’t worry about it for an instrument that is not too expensive and from which you’ve aleady got a lot of good milage.

Have fun playing other ukes in your search for upgrading! The first time I upgraded I thought I knew what brand and model of uke I wanted and would be in and out of the store within 15 minutes. I was probably there for an hour and a half playing and narrowing down the selections.I recommend taking your old uke with you to the store so you can compare and contrast the models.
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