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I was torn between Merry-Go-Round of Life and Always With Me for this month. I chose the first at first but then upon starting to learn it on my baritone, I quickly realized that it was actually impossible to play on the baritone given the enormous stretches and the distances on the fret board 😀
Always With Me was a big challenge on the baritone too as it made section C much harder and I also had to take the liberty to rewrite/interpret some of the melody and harmony notes so that it works with the low G without ringing too far off from the actual tune. Not very satisfied with the take (Section C is obviously weaker) but it is what it is given the constraints I accepted to set.
Thanks @Andrew!
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Here is Into The Wild! what a beautiful composition @Andrew and lovely backing track @AJ!
Thanks @leb397! Your entry is lovely as well!
I picked up the uke in 2019. No prior guitar experience but I have played the piano and the violin 🙂Thank you very much @jeg143, @gi_gi_ and @The_Bumble_Bard!
@jeg143, yes it’s a Kanile’a Oha but baritone 🙂
@gi_gi_, I picked up the ukulele beginning of 2019! Thanks again! all the praise goes to this amazing Rock Class 101 family that provides all the tools and approaches to progress/advance if one really wants to get better. Thank you Rock Class 101 as always!Thanks @Andrew!
Hey everyone,
Here is my version of the Minor Blues Jam.
I wanted to record it with the accompaniment track but fretting the 5th on the baritone while going all the way up the neck sounded tinny and was uncomfortable, rather play it without a capo!Thanks a lot @Andrew!
Ok so I could not pass the opportunity to give the Funk Jam a shot seeing it’s for baritone, but that was definitely a high reach for my skill level 😭 I took on the challenge because I do love rhythm and syncopation, even if keeping up with the fingering and fingerboard surfing is tough and for more advanced players. @Andrew what a lovely funky and fun-to-play piece! Thank you!
I know I need to clean it up a lot still – working on it. Hope I didn’t butcher it too much, the spirit is there haha 😀Thank you very much @Andrew! I can’t stay away from that beautiful deep sound 🙂
Thanks a lot @evapaju, @dianna and @otzepeng! 😊 I am lucky that this ukulele has such a sweet and deep tone.
@dianna, no it’s strung as a regular baritone ukulele. Basically what I do is while I am learning the song, I put the capo on 5 so I can follow with lesson and play along with the video, and then when I feel I have it down, I remove the capo and play counting from fret 1. Just means that I am playing the tunes in a lower key.Here’s Fingerpicking Etude n.19:
I adapted the fingering a little for the larger baritone frets and took some liberties with the dynamics 🙂
Dauntingly beautiful piece (thanks @Andrew) with super challenging barre/stretch chords… I can’t count how many takes I had 😂 Still not perfect but working on it, especially theme 4.Thanks @Andrew!
Thanks a lot @Steven! Appreciate your feedback and I strive for full control one day! You are very inspiring.
Totally agree on the pull-offs on 11 and 12. Haha for now I thought to ‘forget’ the second one for recording purposes until I master it, because at that point in time I was butchering it…
Barred chord + Pull off = another level of difficult, haha. Will work on making it sound ‘decent’ though! Besides incessant practice, is there a specific trick to focus on to try to make it ring easier? or a strengthening exercise for the pinky? I find the pinky very weak 🙂
