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Hi All,

I chose to work on Spanish Romance this month. It turns out the short month caught up with me, and I’ll have little time for any practice in the coming week, so I’m sharing my progress with the A melody so far. Please do not consider this an entry for the prize drawing.

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Hi All!

I’ve enjoyed the variety of submissions this month. Great work, everyone!

I chose to work on I’ll Fly Away. I like the sound of the droning G string in the background and wanted a song to practice it (not sure if there is a specific name for that technique). I didn’t get it quite up to the speed I wanted, but it’s the 31st, and I had to post it!

–Adriana

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Happy New Year!

Execution: I would like to learn to play I’ll Fly Away

Application: I found an arrangement by Ken Middleton in which the thumb plays a steady drone note in the background which I enjoy (not sure if that technique has a certain name?), so I will work on this arrangement throughout the month.

Evaluation: By the end of the month, I will post a video of me playing in time (if not up to speed…)

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Hi All!

I am a premium member.

Here’s my take on Silver Bells. I hope everyone has a great holiday season!

–Adriana

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@otzepeng Great performance! I also like your Zelda-themed Christmas sweater!

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@Andrew Thanks for the feedback! The harmonics course looks like a good goal for the new year.

[anyon1]

Hi All,

I’m a premium member.

I worked on La Gitanita this month since there were several techniques to learn. It turns out the picado picking technique seems very unnatural to me, and the rasgueado strum was hard to do while keeping up the tempo of this song, so I ended up focusing on getting the piece to 100% speed (which has been a challenge for me in recent months…). I think I got a bit of the harmonics sound too. Thanks for a fun lesson!

Adriana

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I forgot to add I am a Premium Member.

I could not figure out how to edit my original post. Is there a way to do that? Thanks!

[anyon1]

Hi All,

I tried Bad Moon Rising. It has been a challenge to pick up speed with it! Here it is at about 65%.

–Adriana

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@leb397 and @the_bumble_bard Thanks for listening and the feedback! Great job to you both, too!

@the_bumble_bard Now I sorta want to be bitten by my uke!

[anyon1]

Hi everyone!

Here’s my take on Maybe I’m Still Amazed.

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@lhamilton That was great! As I listened, I felt like there was a mysterious and sad feeling early on, but then it sounded more hopeful. I think you really captured the emotion with your playing and whistling.

[anyon1]

@malku2603 Thank you for listening and the nice feedback! I’ve enjoyed watching your progress. I have never heard of the dotara technique. Thanks for introducing it to us. It looks very challenging to play, but I like the way it sounds! You’ll get there! Even if you’re not quite up to speed today, it still sounds great!

[anyon1]

Hi All,

I’ve been working on an arrangement for Fool in the Rain by Led Zeppelin. I wanted to share something now since I will not have much time during the rest of the month.

@otzepeng I love the little carved ukulele! Carving is another hobby of mine, but I’ve yet to carve a uke.

–Adriana

[anyon1]

Hi All,

1) Execution – I chose to continue to work on adding a percussive element through tapping since I enjoyed doing that with Free Fallin’ a couple of months ago.

2) Application – I found a fun version of Fool in The Rain by Led Zeppelin that requires tapping various parts of the body of the ukulele that I will play.

3) Evaluation – I’ll monitor my progress as I take the piece in sections, work to memorize it, and hopefully bring it up to speed to record it in the next few weeks.

I look forward to seeing the variety of techniques/songs/instruments people choose to work on this month!

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