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This is a great idea. It’s midnight for me so prob a bit late for a lesson. I’ll still enjoy catching up the next day 🙂
Many thanks, Andrew, much appreciated for the feedback and all you do here. Playing with the backing tracks and metronome is super fun and helpful for timing and tuning.
Thanks Becky and Rickey! I’m right at my limit of translating written notes onto the uke fretboard, and my video skills just about match my uke playing level. lol.
Lynda I’m the same with distractions. Mike, you did an amazing job!
Oh gosh, being new around here I didn’t know. Bless you Anne and Tom, you’re both in my prayers. What a lovely thing to do, Andrew. More power to you!
Posting purely for my own accountability as I won’t be able to make a video of progress. I have learned to play Waltz in C which was my goal. I can’t play it at full speed yet but I can mostly make the transitions up and down the neck quite smoothly at about 80%. I can’t get the harmonics to sound consistently yet either. I’ve been a bit unwell this month so it’s held me back, but I’m pleased with the progress I’ve made and I’ll continue to practice. It’s a fun tune to play.
Good luck everyone with your challenges. As always, I’m super impressed with everyone’s playing!
Andrew, thanks, very nice demo of rubato. It really adds depth to Dan’s interpretation. Also love your arrangement for ukulele. The uke has such a sweet voice compared to the steel strings of that guitar 🙂 I love the song and hope I can work up to eventually tackling playing it myself. Right now that feels a bit like saying I hope I can grow wings one day and fly!
Hello and welcome. I’m quite new here too. It took me a while to get the courage to enter the challenges, but it’s so worth it. It’s not about perfection either, it’s all about making progress. Please do enter next time 🙂
Deb
Andrew, many many thanks for your super helpful feedback (I was chuffed to get a video :)) and encouraging words, I really appreciate it. It’s hard trying to learn on your own, when you’re never really sure if you’re doing things right or making it harder work than it should be. I had to go and watch my vid to see what I did as I wasn’t aware. But yea, you are spot on. I did slow down a little there and I guess it’s just the way I felt it. So, my question is, when is it okay to add a little rubato? Is it down to personal interpretation or are there some rules to bear in mind? Meanwhile I’ll try and keep to a more even tempo in future – and pay attention to playing more over the sound hole. I noticed that so I’m happy you’ve confirmed I shouldn’t.
miztaken – I dare say you are right. The snail is certainly not in your ‘euc’ league that’s for sure 🙂 All good points to consider when thinking about upgrading.
Rickey, I’m glad you asked the question. From my limited experience I’d say get a second Uke and put the low G on your first one. But seeing as it’s still only about eight months since I first touched a uke, what do I know? 😂
Thanks for the info that the new course can be started with high G, Andrew. I learned to read music about 50 years ago although never advanced very far really and still can’t easily identify two notes together. Anyway, I was excited for the new course to put music reading with ukulele then thought I needed low G before I could start. Good to know I can get going while I learn about strings. Just need to learn the new note names. When I started, quarter notes were called crotchets. Or maybe that’s another UK/US difference? No matter anyway. I can see what they are when they’re written down, I just get a little confused when they’re spoken. It took me ages to figure out that a whole note is actually a semibreve. But I ramble…
I’m thinking of putting a low G on my Snail soprano, but do I need a whole set or just the low G string? Also, would a new set of strings improve the intonation? My Snail is fine until I move up the frets when it goes quite out of tune. Maybe its just a rubbish uke, which is a pity because it’s a pretty thing and feels alive when I play it.
