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I’ve always taken my ukes to a luthier for fret dressing and work on the nut. (Okay, I’ve only done that once.) I’ve only ever worked on the saddle. Even then, I took it down a tiny bit too much on one of my ukes so that it’s beautifully easy to play but I can’t really dig in to it when I’m playing without the strings slapping against the frets. I had that in the back of my mind when working on this one, so it’s still a little bit on the high side, but it kind of needs to be because the 11th fret protrudes a little bit and I don’t want to have to get a luthier to work on it (it would probably cost as much as the uke did in the first place).
Anyway, if anyone is thinking about attempting this, feel free to send me a message and I might be able to identify some potential pitfalls. Otherwise, make sure your frets are level before you go playing with the action too much and only take it down a little bit at a time. It’s okay if it takes a while to get it right.
Well, I’ve successfully lowered the action on my tenor, and it makes a HUGE difference. I might lower it a bit more next time I change the strings, but it will do for now.
Hi Lisa,
I think I can answer this. I do it all the time. Yes, sing it an octave low. A good example is when I used a capo for Angels We Have Heard on High. I assure you, I was not singing higher than Katie!
Also, I don’t recommend putting a capo on a soprano, not because it necessarily affects the sound, but just because you end up running out of fretboard to play on.
I thought I’d get this one out of the way early because I already sort of knew it, but I also wanted to fix a few things from my previous entry of this song in one of the challenges.
Last time I entered this piece in a challenge, I had not yet got premium membership, so I had to work out the second half on my own. At the time, Andrew correctly noted that I was missing half a measure. With access to the tabs, etc., that one was easy to fix. I also wanted to nail the timing of this a bit better than last time as Andrew has been picking on that a bit over the last few months. Specifically, the length of time to do the scratchy bits really threw me. I made sure that I noted the length of each one (because the second is longer than the first) and I played along with the tab viewer a bit. The final video was just me counting it out in my head, so it’s not perfect. I even had some fluctuation in speed in the other bits, but at least I’m aware of it, I suppose.
Also, the pull-offs are not as clean as I would like in this take, but I was managing them okay in practice.
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Congrats Josip!
@jinajupiter – I must have taken my lead from the second chorus. That’s interesting. I’ll have to have another listen before I attempt it again.@jinajupiter – the way I interpret the lyrics is that right now, Jack has too many things to do and he’s stressed, but if he got to sit beneath the mango tree with his love, he wouldn’t have so many things to do and he’d relax.
Thanks @gaberdude. That’s what I was aiming for, but at the same time I was really disappointed with what I ended up with. I think I’ll put it aside for a while and revisit it in a few months.
Hey @gaberdude, that’s a really interesting point about singing the E with the F chord. I was actually singing a C for the first 3 lines of the chorus and switched to E for the 4th line, which you just sung as “yeah.” I see that Katie was singing an E, though, so yes, I suppose I found it very tricky.
This is an interesting one for me because I already have one of the options half memorised. I think I might just play that one and work on Zelda’s Lullaby for the rest of the month. It feels like a bit of a cop-out, but there are a few non-challenge songs that I really want to learn.
I can hear the influence of Taimane’s Moon in this, but it’s not derivative at all. It’s really pretty. I like everyone’s suggestions so far and all I can say is that something along those lines would be very appropriate.
