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Adventurer Fits you Becky. 🙂
So far I’ve seen you explore all different types of music and techniques.
Thank you for pointing out this jazz ukulele arrangers to me the other day.
Pity there is no possibility to write PMs anymore.
Ricky, take the plunge! It’s so rewarding :).
Maybe ask a few ‘other’ to join you, if you miss a chord or so there are still other people playing it. So no danger of silence.
Nice thread b.t.w.Wha ha, what a cool test! According to the test I’m a Campaigner
ENFP-A. I would probably have had a totally different outcome a few decades ago.
I was very insecure due to conditioning by one of my parents.
My first performance was in an old folks house where I only had to play two chords. I was trembling all over. So scared of of what those grannies would think of me.
Now many applause further I feel confident and if I fuck up on stage,
so be it, life goes on. I didn’t die from it.
The applause after performing was the best therapy I had,
I also learned to live without the instant adoration, and appreciate myself just for who I am, not for what I do. Performing helped me in the process.Hey Ron,
With 1402 you play g# e e b, so you double the e.
I figured that if you play E7 g# d e b 1202
but mute the middle finger that makes the 7 by just touching the string
and then do press the other strings while strumming.
So g# x e b, 1×02 you will get the same note material g e b and sounds pretty much the same.
I’ve learned this technique from Rockclass101 song ‘the Chicken’ at the octave accents.
There are so many vids out on the horrid E chord.
But so far I have not found this easy solution to E.
Cool that 1402 works for you, I stick to the traditional E with my tiny fingers.:)One more thing on performing, make yourself believe you are not doing that for yourself. You’ve practiced hard to be able to show what you’ve worked on. Again people come to get entertained and you are giving them pleasure as a present.
Take the focus off yourself and to the product, the song.Bjørk once said to a fellow artist that being emotional or insecure is selfish.
I found that interesting that she didn’t consider her performances to be about herself, but about the product and audience.Be objective of what you can contribute.
This way you can’t disappoint yourself or your friends or ‘real’ musicians.
Don’t be sad that you aren’t Jake, like I’m not Herbie.
But I’ve seen what you are capable of so don’t worry, Robin is cool.
And most important, have fun. You are PLAYING your instrument so be playful
So worse case scenario, if it will turn out to be just a one time experience, enjoy it hedonistically to the utmost. Though I can’t imagine that will happen. 🙂Last (bad) advice that you don’t learn at the academy; don’t drink or do drugs like Jimmy Hendrix or Charlie Parker, but sometimes just one glas of intoxicant can loosen you up a bit. 🙂
After a few gigs, no more stage fright. Yippiii.If wish you great rehearsals and gigs.
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Hey Robin,
what a great news! I’m sure you’ll do fine.
I can give you some advices because I perform with ‘other’ on piano occasionally.
Just master the pieces (practice practice) til you feel confident, relax and enjoy what your fellow band members are playing and enjoy the composition.
Make sure the songs are both in your muscle memory as well as in your intellectual memory.
I.e. If you analise how you walk, what foot first etc, you might trip, that is what might happen while you play and are in a musical flow. If you start thinking what you are doing you might cramp up.If you feel nervousness coming up, don’t look the audience into their faces for approval while playing.
Rather glare slightly above their heads and imagine something calm like the forest or even your living room. Fool yourself to reset your mind.Don’t forget to BREATHE gently. We mammals tend to stop breathing or breathe very fast when detecting danger,
So we are ready to run or fight a predator.
You will rise your stress hormones, and that won’t come in handy at a performance.
And don’t be afraid to make mistakes. I make them all the time, but the audience hardly notices. They will generally only notice if you express fear so keep smiling. Bluff.If you do make a mistake, leave it behind you and play even more beautiful to compensate and stay in the rhythm.
Mistakes are noticeable if you get out of the musical pulse.
So if you don’t remember the chord, mute the strings and keep strumming softly
or pretend paying till you catch up.
Another trick; stop playing, listen and wiggle a bit so it looks like it is part of the arrangement.
It’s just theater, people go out to get entertained.You are not what you produce, so don’t take things too personally.
There is always somebody in the audience that doesn’t like the ukulele in general.
You will probably never see the same audience again anyway.Hey Robin,
what a great news! I’m sure you’ll do fine.
I can give you some advices because I perform with ‘other’ on piano occasionally.
Just master the pieces (practice practice) til you feel confident, relax and enjoy what your fellow band members are playing and enjoy the composition.
Make sure the songs are both in your muscle memory as well as in your intellectual memory.
I.e. If you analise how you walk, what foot first etc, you might trip, that is what might happen while you play and are in a musical flow. If you start thinking what you are doing you might cramp up.If you feel nervousness coming up, don’t look the audience into their faces for approval while playing.
Rather glare slightly above their heads and imagine something calm like the forest or even your living room. Fool yourself to reset your mind.Don’t forget to BREATHE gently. We mammals tend to stop breathing or breathe very fast when detecting danger,
So we are ready to run or fight a predator.
You will rise your stress hormones, and that won’t come in handy at a performance.
And don’t be afraid to make mistakes. I make them all the time, but the audience hardly notices. They will generally only notice if you express fear so keep smiling. Bluff.If you do make a mistake, leave it behind you and play even more beautiful to compensate and stay in the rhythm.
Mistakes are noticeable if you get out of the musical pulse.
So if you don’t remember the chord, mute the strings and keep strumming softly
or pretend paying till you catch up.
Another trick; stop playing, listen and wiggle a bit so it looks like it is part of the arrangement.
It’s just theater, people go out to get entertained.You are not what you produce, so don’t take things too personally.
There is always somebody in the audience that doesn’t like the ukulele in general.
You will probably never see the same audience again anyway.Be objective of what you can contribute.
This way you can’t disappoint yourself or your friends or ‘real’ musicians.
Don’t be sad that you aren’t Jake, like I’m not Herbie.
But I’ve seen what you are capable of so don’t worry, Robin is cool.
And most important, have fun. You are PLAYING your instrument so be playful
So worse case scenario, if it will turn out to be just a one time experience, enjoy it hedonistically to the utmost. Though I can’t imagine that will happen. 🙂Last (bad) advice that you don’t learn at the academy; don’t drink or do drugs like Jimmy Hendrix or Charlie Parker, but sometimes just one glas of intoxicant can loosen you up a bit. 🙂
After a few gigs, no more stage fright. Yippiii.If wish you great rehearsals and gigs.
Thanks Andrew,
This is 12th street rag by Roy Smeck.
Not sure if this is a lap steel guitar and a banjo?
https://youtu.be/MVZKeGNnIR4
Here some modern sounding recording
This person in Black and White is quite convincing. At 1:00
Christopher or Andrew, In what song is George Formby playing this split stroke?
I was looking for some examples but couldn’t find any on YouTube :).
Or other examples by players would be great.
And who is the great “Royce Mack” for the pluck strum?
I couldn’t understand his name. Or any other artist performing the pluck strum?I played La Gitanita at the opening of a Ukulele store in Rotterdam NL.
The audience that practically all play the uke,
was amazed by what I learned in only 5 months.
Thanks to Rock Class and it’s monthly challenge (and my own determination),
me and also you fellow members, we are progressing very fast.
Grateful that I stumbled in to you guys. 🙂Your smile while playing is very contagious nthibode. Nice playing too, and nice playing everybody. 🙂
Another solution I didn’t think of; If you transpose the whole song half a tone up the b will become a c-note. (And the g a g#). So you can play it on your regular uke, just shift your LH one fret to the right and those open strings play the first fret instead. If it is a vocal song, half a step won’t make much of a difference.
