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Hello everyone!
Great challenge and great to read what you are working on. I didn’t have to think about what to do at all. I knew right away that I wanted to return to the song that I had put aside because it was too difficult for me. When I started here at RC101 almost 4 years ago, I was unable to learn the strumming technique, my brain didn’t understand and my right hand didn’t cooperate. There are also a few difficult left-hand stretches for me. So switching from a concert to a tenor sized ukulele doesn’t make it any easier.
I feel like an intermediate player, but my big weakness is strumming. So my challenge for January is “Don’t Stop Believin”.
By the end of the month, I want to learn the entire arrangement fluently and rhythmically correct. So I plan to practice this piece for at least 30 minutes a day.
Week 1 = go through the whole lesson and practice chord changes in the first part of the song
Week 2 = focus on the second part of the song, practicing in sections with Tab Play Along feature
Week 3 = start playing the whole piece, record the exercises
Week 4 = fine-tune the piece and record it for a maximum of 30 takes 😉Happy New Year!
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Hello everyone,
for this month I chose Steven’s arrangement of “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”.
Bars 13 – 16 are still difficult for me. So many recordings went to waste… 😉Andrew, thank you for all the beautiful song arrangements and advice you and your Rockclass101 team give us. It’s a pleasure to be a part of this community.
I wish you all happy holidays!
@anikali – very beautiful song. It’s pleasant to listen to it. Thank you for sharing.
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Hello everyone,
for november challenge I have chosen Merry-Go-Round of Life. Surprisingly, I could remember it very easy. But all month I have tried to figure out the right preassure on strings to avoid buzzing and at the same time not to kill sustain. 😀 There is still much work on it. I would appreciate your advice and feedback.
At this point, I hit my limits. But I think that a year ago I probably wouldn’t have been able to play it. So even though there are mistakes, I’m not sad. Looking forward to more great arrangements here on Rockclass101.Thank you for listening.
JanaI Am a PREMIUM MEMBER
Hi, I chose The Hourglass this month. It’s fun to play with a band.
Andrew, congratulations on the ten year anniversary of RockClass101! And thank you for creating this for us. It’s awesome.
Jana
Hello, Mika. Welcome! I’m thrilled that you’ve expanded the group of great teachers here at RockClass101. I know you from the HawaiiMusicSuply podcast. Last Christmas, I scored points with your arrangement of Silent Night. I also love listening to your and Kala’e Camarillo’s acoustic concerts.
It’s great to have you here.If this is not the intention, the third bar should be the same as the fourth bar. Otherwise, the notes are the correct length and correspond to the tablature.
And yes, one chord per two bars. (But I didn’t listen to the whole song.)
@gerygg , I think you got it.
As a basic pattern, I would try 4 fingerpicking:
Down strum all 4 strings (or thumb on the g string) for the first beat – counting 1&.
Then gradually strings 3 (half beat), 2 (1 beat), 1, 2, 3 (each half beat).Beat: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Strings: Strum 3 2 (2) 1 2 3@gi_gi_ , @rebeca , @annemarie , @dianna – girls 😉 – thank you for your kind comments. It made me very happy.