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Hi Matt,
Great advice and your Oli Bari sounds really good.
I have some experience with finger sprains being both a classical guitar student and volleyball player at the same time many years ago. At a certain point you might want to try what my orthopedist showed me. He said that I should move my finger but in a stabilized way. He showed me how to take a 1/2 width of athletic tape along the two sides of the finger then do a small loop with the tape above and below the injured knuckle. Hope it heals quickly for you.
Ron

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UAS, ukulele acquisition syndrome is a real thing. I got really lucky that I splurged and spent some money on my first uke, an early fan braced Kala elite tenor. Good luck finding one. Presently I have 3 tenors and a new baritone. Never thought I’d enjoy a baritone but it’s cool and its own unique instrument. My advice if worth anything and after a few mistakes is, spend as much as you can reasonably afford and either play it first a lot or be ready to send it back if it is not sweet.
Ron

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Yes! She is my top favorite based on stunning performance and creativity of her compositions. I saw her front and center three years in a row at a small venue here. Unfortunately I think she may have moved on from this small venue. She is also very approachable and friendly after performances. There is a “Taimane Songbook “ of fairly early career arrangements and compositions. It doesn’t seem to be generally available but I think can be obtained by emailing her.

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@The_Bumble_Bard, I’ve always been a believer in getting a lesson down as shown whether it be technique, timing … before making changes. Having said that, I don’t “stretch” my fingers during the double stops i.e. 0087 to 0075. Rather I slide only the 1 finger on the A string and switch back and forth between 2 and 3 finger on the E string.
Ron

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You did nail that Bumble Bard!
I have four tenors currently, all low G. I find that most of the lessons for high G still work on a low G. Sometimes they sound a little different but still good and sometimes better in some way. When the high G string is used for a critical part of the melody, often a slight change in the arrangement solves it for me.
Ron

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For lack of a better term, I like to refer to the two finger technique as the Kimo Hussey style, mainly because I learned a couple of his lessons using this approach. Many accomplished players execute this such a way so that the index finger almost points up the neck, as if they playing off the lower part of the index. I could never seem to execute it that way. Players like Tobias Elof are really doing a lot with this approach picking up with index and also strumming down with index in sequence with the thumb. That might be another fun lesson reviewing this type of approach again.
Ron

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Thanks for sharing your story Matt. I had been a guitar player for many many years (mostly classical and classical style influenced). I bought a ukulele because I was about to take a songwriting class and I wanted something different that wouldn’t be affected by the classical pieces I play. The songwriting teacher was also a very creative ukulele player for her compositions. I went into a store that had lots of ukuleles and ended up walking out with their best one as it was near my birthday. That is still my favorite of the ukuleles I have purchased. Anyway, I had no idea of how much I would enjoy the instrument and it kinda took over. I played everyday and with all the resources, especially rock classes 101, I have become a fairly accomplished player. The guitar doesn’t unfortunately get played so much but it’s ok, the ukulele is amazing.
I have a theory as to why a player either plays low or high G. I think it might be who was the first player that blew them away. For me I was amazed by James and Jake, then I saw Taimane who really won me over. So needless to say I am pretty much only Low G.

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@tbb that is REALLY nice. If that arrangement was one of the lessons on this site I would want to learn it. You play with tremendous ease, both right and left hand.
Ron

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I’ve been lucky to have strong nails which do grow very fast, so I’m filing them often. Did you know the middle finger nail grows the fastest? As I’ve gotten older my middle finger nail especially doesn’t have as nice a curve as it use to so I “ramp” my nail (shorter on the thumb side). It slides off easier that way.
Taimane uses a Herco thumb pick, especially on her insane double string tremolos. She rests her index finger against it, so the motion is basically replacing an index finger tremolo.
These live lessons are pretty great.
Ron

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@gi_gi and @tbb glad you liked the share. I memorized the 5 C scale patterns shown in the @gi_gi shared video today. It was easier that I thought when I realized I’m already using a few of them. The second one is also an Am scale the last is also an E flamenco (Phrygian) scale.

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@surferjay did you see the podcast where Corey is running through some patterns and Andrew asks him what he is doing there? Corey calls them a sort of “extended arpeggios”, going from E7 to Am and back.
E7
——————-—2-4-5-4-2—————
—————-4———————————4——-
————2——————————————-2—
1-4——————————————————-4-1
An amazing thing about this pattern is that you can keep moving it up 3 frets and it still seems to work with the E7 chord like you can do with a diminished chord, there are some added notes. I haven’t figured out exactly what is going on there.
Am
—————————3-5-7-5-3—————————
—————-—-5—————————5————————
—————-4————————————-4—————-
2-4-5————————————————-5-4—2-

Ron

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That’s a good video @gi_gi_! I can almost see how Corey F. is thinking in those chord shapes when doing his amazing leads on the ukulele site podcast jams. I look forward to those video podcasts every week and get most of my jamming practice then. Nothing like Corey’s shredding or how Kalei is so good at listening and adding a perfect compliment, but still good practice. There is always something new to master in the ukulele world.
thanks,
Ron

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Such good stuff @surferjay. I keep spiraling back to this stuff, learning chords and fretboard a bit better as I go. One thing I try to think about is, what string is the root on for the different major chord shapes (CAGFD)?
Since 7th chords are used quite a bit, you can do the same kind of thing playing types of seventh chords. I like practicing playing these, all C7 also called C dominant 7th.

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3433
5767
9(10)8(10)
00(12)(13)

Now which string is the root (C) on for these 7th chord shapes?

Ron

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Such great discussions taking place. I’m sure I’ve put in 10k hours on the classical and classical style guitar and I was never even remotely close to having mastered the instrument. Uke has now taken over. I’m grateful though that my right hand fingerpicking can sometimes be on cruise control and memorizing arrangements comes fairly quickly. Like just about everything else it seems, the most important thing is to play some every day.
Ron

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I’ve seen Taimane three times now and would go again the next time she is playing near by. Taimane is also very humble, friendly and approachable. Seeing Jake as well as James Hill in a fairly small venue are on my bucket list.
Ron

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