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Finally picked up my uke after 6 months of not playing. Ive been working on this all month but can’t get a clean take – This is the best one. Happy spring everyone!
Fingerprinting Etude 37Greetings RockClass 101!
I am ever grateful to Andrew and the team for all the lessons and advice. I am a better player because of this great resource.
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I am proud of my self, I was able to memorize this piece. I find it incredibly challenging as retention is unbelievably hard for me. I was please with my delivery of a good portion of this. Some lovely notes rang out (others not so much lol)
I realize this is a simple piece for most, but I got it! Happy day 🙂Premium member
I still struggle with section changes. I finally got the ghost strum rhythm pretty smooth, in practice at least. Despite my best efforts I find I start to get clumsy with the chunk towards the end of the song. I really liked this one, thank you!
@marthad – Thank you for the encouragement. I might give that a try.
@andrew – Thank you for the feedback and the detailed tips. I will try it. Breaking it into memorized chunks just might be the ticket. I find my retention is a definite challenge. I will also watch Matt’s lesson. Thank you for all the advice.I want to wish my fellow Canadians a Happy Canada Day!
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Here is Yellow Submarine for June. I think my biggest struggle is getting a consistent tone as I play. I find it just about impossible to memorize songs, therefore I need to look at the music. When I do look, my finger placement suffers, I lose my place, I buzz, and my tone takes a dive. Any suggestions, other than keep practicing? I love playing, but when I hear my musicianship on video, I kinda cringe…. Sorry to all who watch my videos. I SHALL NOT GIVE UP! 🙂
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I’ve not posted since Feb of 2023. Just picked up my uke again this month. I feel like I’m starting over, trying to get my fingers to co-operate YIKES! I am still working on my speed, any faster and I completely fall apart. My transitions are not smooth yet, but I have worked hard to get this far so here goes nothin 🙂CLOCKS
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Thanks for your feedback @andrew. I will take a look and give it a try. I am pretty musical, I feel the beat but really struggle to get my hands to co-operate. I am working hard to improve my tone and sustain – a work in progress for sure.
Thank you for giving practical steps to take 🙂
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Still working on getting a clear pluck of each note, and getting the same even volume. I really liked working on sliding up to the next fret.. This one will be in my daily practice, When I try for more speed I just can’t do it yet. I’m determined to make it super smooth and in the groove LOL Never too late to get my funk on!
I am not an expert, just a fellow Lefty. I decided to learn uke as if I was right handed. Tutorials and most ukes are for RH players. Through my life I have found I am quite ambidextrous. Both hands are used so I figured it’s all new, just go for it. I am an older learner and do struggle with playing smoothly. Don’t know if being left handed is a factor or just me…
Not sure if any of this is helpful, just my 2 cents.
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This is the first song I have ever played from memory AND with the backing track! I am really proud of myself 🙂 I continue to work on finger placement to eliminate the buzzing, but I see tonnes of improvement since I started this song. Thank you to RockClass 101 for helping me push myself to get better every month!
@andrew, Thank you! I have watched your lessons on recording with mics, lighting etc, with Ableton and Powerdirector, but haven’t taken that plunge yet. No pick up in my Uke…
Enjoy your week!
Hi @Andrew.
I want to try my hand at recording Song of Storms using the backing track this month. Using an accompaniment track is something new for me so I thought it would be a great challenge to add to my skill set. I tried to search your forums and didn’t have any luck. Is there a “How to” video, or instructions as far as recording? Do I just have the backing track playing in the room as I record so my phone video captures it all live? or is there a better way to include it?I have seen others using headphones, but haven’t yet learned how to edit and video mix…
I’m ready for any suggestions! 🙂 Thanks in advance
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I really liked learning “Stranger Things” this month. I struggle with memorizing but am quite pleased with how I play it (when the camera isn’t running LOL)