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Loved learning this melody and performing alongside the band. I don’t think I hit the rhythm quite right with Melody B around bars 15 & 16. It was pretty challenging with chunking/muting but loved the sound and energy even though it’s supporting the guitar play. My Melody C rhythm could also be tighter. As always, i appreciate any feedback and improvement tips.
@rafaela: Congrats on the new Uke 🍾🎉🎈
@leb397 haha! My little helper, Don Don, wanted to be part of the video lol. This was not the new uke from the challenge. I’m still getting used to the new longneck Soprano Uke as it does not have a strap and I’m relearning how to keep uke steady without a strap. Hope it will make a debut appearance in an upcoming challenge soon.
Thank you @TBB. It’s always good to hear from you. I learn a lot from the interactions between you and others and your thoughtfulness has always been very helpful 🙂
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Fields Of Gold. Love this tune and I found it difficult to play it with emotions and show my musicality. My play seemed rigid and I need to loosen up and work on controlling the volume of each note played.
It didn’t help trying to get the recording done after a stressful day at work.
Appreciate feedback on areas to work on and improve.
Enjoyed learning Matt’s arrangement of Jimmy Buffet’s Maragaritaville. Any feedback on improvement is appreciated.
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Here’s my performance for the challenge this month. I had lots of fun learning the Fingerpicking Etude no. 32 and loved the old world tune. It was really challenging to control and maintain the desired speed of play without messing up. I’m hoping to add this Etude as part of my daily exercise to improve finger dexterity and rhythm.
As always, I appreciate any feedback on areas of improvement.
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I really enjoyed learning and applying the Apoyando technique to playing Swan Lake for the March challenge. The alternating finger picking took some time for me to get used to and building a consistent force on each stroke was not easy to master.
As always, appreciate any feedback for improvement.
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I chose the Country Riff as the February challenge. I enjoyed the rhythmic aspects of the play and learned many new and challenging techniques. I hope I got the rhythms down ok and as always appreciate any feedback on improvement opportunities.
I do have one question for Andrew. In his performance, he performed a left hand movement down the neck at the end of measure 4 and before measure 5 which looks very cool. Is this a personal stylistic flair or a technique that I should learn to jazz up my performance ?
Hi RockClass,
I chose Fingerpicking Etude no. 6 for the challenge this month. I love this composition a lot because it’s my first emotional connection with the D minor key and the expression of sadder tone and nostalgia.
The muted 16th note hits were a bit hit and miss for me as it requires a perfect left and right fingers coordination but I love the use of the sound in the play. More practice needed.
As always, appreciate your feedback on areas of improvement.