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@Andrew thanks for the feedback and ideas for singing for “Clocks”. I love RC101!
I’m not good at giving feedback to other people here, but I enjoyed listening to everyone’s versions of the songs. Great job people!I Am A Premium Member
“Clocks”
I think I had too much coffee today because my fingers were so jittery! We were out of town last weekend for a family “Wake” or “memorial” and forgot to grab my Uke as my hubby was pressuring me out the door!!😜 I could have had more days to practice. ugh!😩
Anyway, this is what I have done so far. The ending is almost impossible, needs lots of work!
I love this song and will keep working on it. I would love to work this finger style version in with a singing version. Any suggestions on how I should arrange that???
@Andrew – thanks for the tip about the index finger barring. I was having trouble getting a clear sound at times and didn’t realize I was bending the knuckle!
wow! a great choice of songs! They all sound great but I already printed “Clocks” last week when the lesson came out! I also LOVE Steven’s U-Bass arrangement for Come Together! it is probably way too advanced for very beginner Bass ability but I will probably try to learn some of it just for fun but NOT as my entry. Thanks again for all the great lessons!- MJ
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Finger Picking Etude #13
I was so glad to have this piece for April because I really needed to work on it more.
I didn’t do it justice when I tried it a few months ago.
I certainly didn’t have time to tackle any of the amazing harder pieces this month.
I made good progress this time but always make mistakes when the record button is pressed!!!
Thanks Rock Class!
Hope you all had a beautiful Sunday! I celebrated Easter with my daughter’s family so I didn’t get to finish my video and post it in time. I worked on Red is the Rose 🌹 and I loved it although it is VERY challenging! I’ll keep working on it.
Peace ✌️ and 💕
I have enjoyed all your submissions! Great job everyone!
Thanks for the challenging lessons RC101 family!@Andrew HELP!!!!!
I am having hammer-on issues!!!! here is a practice video from today.
and the sections that have them.
Well, I wanted to learn a more complicated finger style piece that had more TRAVIS picking but I took to long to decide so I had to pick an easier piece. Which is NOT easy for ME. Feb. is always a complicated month for me and I had to complete some Continuing education for my Professional License as well. So I ended up with the lesson for Finger picking Etude #13. I still have LOTS of mistakes but this was my best take out 150😝🤓! Thanks for the lessons Rock Class! I should have skipped this month but I’m trying to be consistent and do a lesson and submit a video EVERY month. We’ll see how far I can make it.😜 I am at my record now, 5 months and counting!
I’m still trying to decide! too many choices! I think I am going to do something in the Irish/Scottish genre. I’ve Been wanting to learn more in this genre, so I’m looking at the selection in RockClass101 lessons. I’m getting close to making my selection! 😜
Ok, here is my final version of “Spanish Romance”
I am almost there but not quite. I am continuing to work on it. I hope to get up the courage to play this piece for an open mic session at “Strum In The Desert” hosted by @BernadetteTeachesMusic this weekend, down in the desert in the far south end of California. I have much more work to do
but believe me, it is soooo much better then it was last week. I did do some more practice videos last week but forgot to post them and I can’t stand to watch them now!
I worked with the tab viewer for the “tricky bits” and with repetition and then rest, I improved.
thanks for the lessons @RC101!I thought I posted this practice session on Friday but it must not have gone through.
This is me practicing 2 of the many tuff transitions in Spanish Romance. I still have a lot of work to do 😜😍
My Plan for improving for the January 2024 challenge
1) Execution – I will be working on Spanish Romance which I first tried to learn in the Love themed monthly challenge March of 2021. I always wanted to relearn that one and now is my chance! I find I am learning things a little faster than I did almost 3 years ago! I would hope so. I guess I am a budding intermediate. I plan on memorizing this song and applying Vibrato, Rubato and Dynamics that are taught for this song. I would really love to have this song in my “pocket” so to speak, one that I can perform for an open mic or for my family. I am NOT able to practice every day but I will do my best to set aside practice time as often as possible.
2) Application – I will first work on the “tricky bits” as Steven would say, such as the difficult chord transitions in the B section. I will work on memorizing by taking it 4 measures at a time and also get better at practicing with the Tab Viewer. When I have those bits in hand, I will work on the Dynamics, Vibrato and Rubato as appropriate in Spanish Romance.
3) Evaluation – I am just beginning to work on it but I watched my recording from March 2021 and it was terrible! I already can execute the A section better than in the past. Now to work on the “tricky bits”! I will post a few progress videos as I am able.
@andrew hi, I found one issue with the participants list- @planetfink is in the list twice, I mean two pairs of the name. Thanks
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“Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”
I couldn’t get away from the paper! I’m too sleep deprived 😩
I love learning this song but it was more challenging then I thought it would be.
Happy Holidays!
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