[marianne]

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!

[marianne]

Thanks a lot @Andrew!

[marianne]

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 😀

[marianne]

Thank you very much @Andrew! I can’t stay away from that beautiful deep sound 🙂

[marianne]

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.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by marianne.
• This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by marianne.

[marianne]

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.

[marianne]

Thanks @Andrew!

[marianne]

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 🙂

[marianne]

Thank you so much @Andrew and @gi_gi_ ☺️

[marianne]

Thank you so much @leb397! ☺️

[marianne]

Here’s Adelita. I tried a million takes to the point where my neck was sore… everytime something or the other would buzz or ring funny… perfection in tone and expression will only come with time and experience but I won’t give up. Until then, here’s the best take so far. Section B is beautiful but really tough 🙂

Thanks @Steven for these beautiful arrangements!

[marianne]

Thank you so much @The_Bumble_Bard and @Andrew 🙂
Congrats @leb397! And very well played

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[marianne]

Hey friends!
Could not pass on learning the beautifully melancholic Study in B minor…!

Off to learn Adelita 🙂

[marianne]

Oooh thank you so much @Andrew!! ☺️☺️
Beautiful arrangement as always

[marianne]

Happy new year all!

Here is my rendition of the (beautiful) Fingerpicking Etude No.6:

I am happy with it in the sense that it’s been a busy month for me so I only had 2 days to learn it and an extra day to practice it in total! Sorry for the couple rougher spots.
I also had to adapt it to work on my baritone with a lower G, so I changed a couple spots where possible in terms of fingering/strings to hit.

@Andrew, I found it also easier to place the first finger under the second finger for the first chord of measures 3 and 7 following that by a slide of the first finger down by half for the second chord (rather than that painful bar). Hope that’s ok!

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