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April 27, 2026 at 6:38 pm in reply to: Participate in the April 2026 Member Challenge – WIN $2,095 Kanile’a Ukulele #81019
rw1950merritt
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Hi Everyone.
I love this song from the Outlander series. It was used as the theme.
You even get a bonus of my wife’s radio in the background from her studio as she was painting.March 20, 2026 at 7:12 pm in reply to: Participate in the March 2026 Member Challenge: WIN a $129 Ohana Ukulele #80211rw1950merritt
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I did the Winter Glass. It was a really fun piece.
February 27, 2026 at 10:34 pm in reply to: Participate in the February 2026 Member Challenge: Techniques or Concepts #79897rw1950merritt
ParticipantMy selection is the Romance. I tried to learn it once before on guitar. Before I figured out my hands were too small to play a guitar. Was very happy to see it as one of the choices. I even played it live for a study group that meets at our house without it being too much of a disaster.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:47 pm in reply to: Participate in the November 2025 Member Challenge – WIN $2,250 Kanile’a Uke #77443rw1950merritt
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Is it my imagination or all the selections for the contests getting a lot harder. I couldn’t even finish one last month.
Here is my latest. It feels pretty glacial compared to everyone else.August 19, 2025 at 9:36 pm in reply to: Participate in the August 2025 Member Challenge – Free For All! #75523rw1950merritt
ParticipantHere’s my first try of Fly Me to the Moon.
I hope to do another a little more up to speed.August 7, 2025 at 6:57 pm in reply to: Participate in the August 2025 Member Challenge – Free For All! #75432rw1950merritt
ParticipantI have a version of Fly Me To The Moon which has been bedeviling me for 2 years since I found it on the internet. That will be my piece for the month.
It has a few challenging chord changes. That will be my project to practice on. Working out the best way to play the initial chord so that I can transition easily into the second.
The moment of truth: Putting up a recording of playing it.
July 29, 2025 at 3:15 pm in reply to: Participate in the July 2025 Member Challenge – WIN a Custom Arrangement! #74577rw1950merritt
ParticipantAgain, maybe a little too challenging. But I had fun playing it. I had many tracks recorded but this seems to be the best of them.
My new definition of rubato is how long it takes to make the difficult chord changes.
June 19, 2025 at 10:04 pm in reply to: Participate in the June 2025 Member Challenge – WIN $2,250 Kanile’a Ukulele #74237rw1950merritt
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I think I bit off more than I could chew, but here is my submission of summertime.
Hopefully it will be the before of a better after submission later.May 26, 2025 at 3:24 pm in reply to: Participate in the May 2025 Member Challenge – WIN $2,250 Kanile’a Ukulele #73825rw1950merritt
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Here’s my take of Etude 37.
The challenge was to get it up to the written speed. Not quite but I made it to 110.April 30, 2025 at 10:41 pm in reply to: Participate in the April 2025 Member Challenge – WIN $2,250 Kanile’a Ukulele #73582rw1950merritt
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I still can’t believe how hard it is to record something all the way through without a bunch of mistakes.
You all are certainly experts for what you do.March 31, 2025 at 11:48 pm in reply to: Participate in the March 2025 Member Challenge – Rewind & Replay! #73365rw1950merritt
ParticipantWell, here is my final submission.
I have the before and after versions linked.
For the second one, I was able to play it from memory instead of from the sheet music.March 15, 2025 at 10:31 pm in reply to: Participate in the March 2025 Member Challenge – Rewind & Replay! #66022rw1950merritt
ParticipantSince it was snowing today in sunny California, I think I will revisit O Come All Ye Faithful.
It should be a good challenge for moving up and down the neck and some chord reaches.I should be able to find a before version that I can post with my final version.
January 26, 2025 at 4:42 pm in reply to: Participate in the January 2025 Member Challenge – You Decide What To Work On! #65325rw1950merritt
ParticipantWell, here it is.
Etude 21 – ArpeggiosTrying to record something all the way through with no mistakes is certainly an unforgiving exercise.
January 13, 2025 at 10:29 pm in reply to: Participate in the January 2025 Member Challenge – You Decide What To Work On! #65198rw1950merritt
ParticipantI am probably at the slightly-above-a-beginner level of playing. Learning chords and starting to learn finger picking melodies.
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chords and finger picking seem to present lots of long reaches followed by long reaches much farther away. so i hope to work on that.application: learn the finger picking etude #21. i will be going through the basic course and practicing it every day
evaluation: stay tuned for a recording of my playing. hopefully it will be in a steady time and not too horrible!!!!
December 20, 2024 at 8:52 pm in reply to: Participate in the December 2024 Member Challenge – WIN $3,100 Kanile’a #64961rw1950merritt
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How could so much time on December 1st turn into so little time today.
Thanks everyone for your great entries. I really enjoy listening to them.
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