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thank you @leb397! i think it should work now
@katazumiri this is amazing, i loved the metal swan lake!!
awesome Andrew, thanks that’s definitely helpful. It’s really worth taking a moment to think about how to make the playing easier and more efficient by planning out which finger does what.
I’ll definitely check out the exercises for this, thank you!
hello! I started practicing Swan Lake yesterday, this is what I have so far:
I’m going to keep practicing the higher parts (where it goes to the 12th and 13th fret), and I am still struggling with the part where the ring finger does a pull-off from the 8th to 7th fret, so I will be practicing this too, so that I’ll hopefully learn to play it smoothly with better timing.
For this attempt I just went with the tabs and the video, but I might share an improved version later this month if I find the time to take the new course on Classical technique, but I still wanted to record where I’m at right now (even though there are so many mistakes), because to be honest, sometimes I waste so much time telling myself it needs to be better that I end up missing the challenge deadlines!!!
hope everyone has a good March, I love seeing everyone playing their ukuleles 🙂
thank you to everyone at RockClass101, my friends and family are legit soo impressed with my progress!!!! 🙂
hello, here is my fingerpicking etude #3.
sorry for the bad audio quality, not sure why my camera wasn’t recording properly.
thank youu @gi_gi_ !
really well done! i love the tempo too, a bit slower than i’d play it on the piano but it sounds lovely on the ukulele!!
i have had a lot of smaller breakthroughs i would say. i never grew up playing any instruments, had no sense of rhythm to the point where i couldn’t even clap along (on beat) to a song lol. i always believed you needed some kind of innate talent for music and didn’t realize it just takes practice but anyone can learn!!
when i started out, a few people would tell me that i sound really bad, or ask me to stop playing because it annoyed them. and now, people are legit impressed with what i’m able to play!!
my first breakthrough (pre RC101) was being able to sing and strum at the same time, which i really struggled with for quite some time.now since joining, i’m able to able to play higher up the neck, able to do vibrato, i got better at pull-off/hammer-ons, i’ve improved strumming speed and learned new techniques. i’ve also noticed i’m able to learn new songs in fingerpicking style much faster (a few days vs. several long weeks) and i have a much better understanding of music theory.
one day, I would love to be able to just play by ear… I have a friend who can listen to a song a few times and is immediately able to play it on the ukulele (not just the chords but the melody too)…!!
for memorizing the fretboard, @The_Bumble_Bard i created an Anki deck with the notes on the ukulele fretboard. here is the link if you want to download it: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1680425765 (note: unfortunately the link will only start working in 24 hours)
if you’re new to Anki, it’s basically a software for spaced repetition. that means that when you’re learning something new, in the beginning you’ll need more repetitions, but as it gets easier, the time intervals between repetitions get longer and longer until you’ll know it by heart.
this was definitely challenging for me, this is the best i can do at the moment
sorry about the creepy lighting which makes it look like i’m being held hostage lol
by the way, i would really appreciate for future youtube videos if you could add youtube’s “chapter” feature (basically these time markers) to make it easier to find the part of the song you want to practice, because when i’m learning i often find myself wanting to either jump ahead, or go back
but i’m learning a LOT on here, so thank youu !! 🙂
