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If you’re a beginner and feel stuck don’t give up. I’m always amazed at how quickly my brain kicks in if I don’t give. The monthly challenges have given me the opportunity to try new things and to have a deadline to work towards. As the saying goes, “I’ve never seen anyone fail that hasn’t given up”.
@Brettboy that’s an amazing story of how you started to play the uke. I too started with the guitar first. A friend saw my guitar on the wall during a Zoom Meeting and asked about it. I said I was teaching myself guitar. He insisted I try the ukulele. He kept saying he knew I would fall in love with it. He said his Mom played and taught him and he used to sell them on Ebay. He said he would have his wife drop one off at my home if I would agree to give it a try. This was during Covid and he was sooooo right. I fell in love with it in about 3 days 😂😂😂. I neglect all my other instruments now (the guitar, piano and violin). The uke chose me ☺️
Oh my goodness guys @brettboy and @deadbuggy I’m looking over what I want to learn this morning and started to learn The Irish Waterwoman but after hearing your renditions of the Red Rose I now want to change ☺️
@Brettboy How long have you been playing ukulele? It’s so impressive that you haven’t missed a challenge in 7 years and it shows. You have great showmanship as well. I’m coming up on 3 years of playing in a couple of months so this encourages me to keep going. Can’t wait till I’m as comfortable as you are.Question: have you found it gets easier to learn and remember songs the longer you play?
@the_bumble_bard I can’t wait to see what you have up your sleeve 😂 I know it will be great.
@leb397 I won’t be singing this time. I’m in a cunundrum as to what I want to play now 😂 I was thinking the Irish Waterwoman so I could impress my Irish friends but the Red Rose is beautiful too. I think I will stick with the jig song. It’s so cool.@johanna2509 Congrats. No doubt you will love your new uke…
@johanna2509 You could also add your money to it and get a really nice uke ☺️.
Congrats @Johanna2509 🥳🥳🥳
Thanks so much @Andrew and @the_bumble_bard. Your kind words really mean a lot esp since I didn’t do as I had planned. This is such a good community.
Enjoyed everyone’s submissions. Im off to learning the lady jig song for next month but I have to continue to work on Moon 🙂Here is what I came up with on Moon by Taimane arranged by Evan J de Silva.
Can we all agree that Evan is so amazing? 🥰
Couldn’t sing because I wasn’t feeling well this week. The voice knows 😂I’m enjoying everyone’s entries esp @denisedistefano Brava!
I dońt know why I picked Moon with a short month and so many things going on this month. I will post what I have learned thus far. I still have to add the vocals 😫 It´s way more difficult than I expected. A good challenge indeed.
@the_bumble_bard Nice job. I like your new chair. Maybe it isn’t new but I love the color.@ukeduke I use a cheap book holder thing that keeps books open.
@surferjay I’m so sorry Jay. Jeremiah 29:11,12 have some encouraging words. I hope you find them to be so for you and your family. Thanks for posting again. That was amazing. You’ve been missed. I was wondering how you are doing about a month back. We just never know what people are going through. Thanks for the reminder….
Didnt know anything like that existed. Wouldnt work for the 5/6 page song I’m learning right now 😂 Cute idea. Did you find anything yet?
Wow that was great @mark1256
@ukeduke any solid wood uke would work. There are some decent ones for less than $60 on Amazon that are solid mahaogany top, back and sides like the Aklot. I’ve given them away as gifts. They come with a bundle of things like a bag, tuner, strap, etc…. and are all solid wood.
No pick is normally used for the ukulele. It’s a rare thing.
What a wonderful gift for your child.
