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You guys know how to HYPE me….
Too bad I have no time to practice this month, will be too busy playing the OOT remake 😜

Looking forward to the Zelda Theme on Thursday!

Will be a fun month, thanks!
Jayton

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Dunno, but I do not see my post… before
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Hiya,

Revisiting Blue Moon, it made me pickup my Uke again… not having played for a good 6 months.
I love the arrangement, because it is so “simple” yet challenging

Looking forward to the next challenge.

Regards,
Jayton
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Hi All,

Happy to be practicing the uke again 😀
Wanted to learn Travis Picking, I did not find it easy. So much details, accents and failures to discover while playing this a 1000 times. Still not perfect :\

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I came here in Panic!
I regularly listen to his arrangements and they are so magical.
Really had to push my skills to learn some of them and 2 I play daily 😀

Wish him all the best of course!

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Hi All,

Awesome summer challenge! Really wanted to learn Free Fallin’, but I am just to Zelda minded nowadays… (Do not know what Nintendo did this Month to ignite that :P)
I also did Song of Storms 2 years ago and really did not do it much justice then. So good time to record it with a new Low G uke and a bit more experience 😀

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Good effort everybody, so many nice performances!

Finally did the redo.
Never perfect, often too fast. So many thoughts rush through my head when I play slower 😀
I tried till my fingers hurt, but this song is one I will always practice on my uke.

With kind regards,
Jayton

(Do not know if I double posted, had some issues with editing and resubmitting)
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Hi All,

Time to revisit one of my favorite renditions on a ukulele by Steven, Always with me.
I still listen to Stevens performance regularly, so I need to polish mine!
Original recording is from Nov 2023, and I looked up Andrews comment:

… From here, I’d put the majority of your practice time into the first half of Verse 2. But I’d also suggest practicing this piece at a slower tempo while monitoring tempo (keeping it steady throughout). Try this approach: work on one section a day. Bit size chucks help a lot for smoothing out harder tunes like this one
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For some reason, I had a voice in my head saying the second part sounds nothing like what it should =). Time to work out the kinks!

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Hi All,

Premium Member.

Had so much fun with Feliz Navidad, great arrangement!
Initially I thought it would be too advanced for me, but I just had to learn it. =)
I tried many times, but keep making little mistakes.

Like in the song: Wishing you A Merry Christmas (in advance)!

Jayton

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Hi Everyone,

I relearned Etude 25 – Morning Dew. Trying to do it more justice, compared to 1 year ago.
Actually had to learn it all over again =), but I just really like this relaxing little tune.
I do not play this ukulele enough, sometimes I just get lost listening to that low G.

Grt,
Jayton
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Hi,

Loved the challenge of Blue Moon, initially thought it would be out of reach… but I learned a lot in the process and it made me practice a lot this month! Thanks.

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I learned Clocks this month, so catchy I could not resist =)
I found the chord changes sometimes hard, good thing to isolate and practice more…
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Hi all,

Premium Member here.

Here is my try of Always With Me. I instantly needed to learn this song, when I saw it on Steven’s youtube channel 2 years ago. That performance blew my mind on how a Uke can sound (in capable hands) =).
Luckily he simplified it a bit and I was finally able to learn it.
The tip of my fingers hurt of al the attempts on getting an ok performance.

Jay · Always with me

Super fun challenge, thanks!

Regards,
Jay

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Hi,

Here is my entry of Morning Dew
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I really liked the tune and the focus on hammerons and pulloffs.
Also got the chance to play more on my Low-G 😀
Those distractions with all the nice Ghibli tunes were harsh, though 😀

Grtz,
Jay

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Last Challenge of the year already! Great job All.
And Happy holidays!

I tried Chopsticks, but need some practice to get the speed and clarity.

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Looking forward on improving in 2023.

Regards,
Jayton

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Hi,

Loved the challenge, especially playing to a backingtrack and the editing =).
Even with an easier song it is really getting used to. I had a rushed start but think I settled a bit afterwards

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Looking forward to December’s challenge!

Regards, Jay

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