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Andrew, thank you for being nit-picky! With such a short song, I actually appreciate you breaking it down to specific spots I need to work on. Thank you for your honesty as that’s the only way to improve! I plan on going back to the song and slowing myself down. Thank you for the feedback!
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Happy Holidays, everyone! Here is my submission for this month’s challenge!
Plus, the colored ones are quite ptetty! I am still eyeballing the blue soprano as I have considered selling my carbon for a blue.
Both of the descriptions are “high impact and scratch resistance, withstand extreme temperatures, are waterproof,” but “50% stronger” descriptor of the carbon was always a vague comparisons between the two for me. I kind of went with the 15% brighter part of the description when I made the decision to purchase mine. (But after watching the two videos, I realized that I like the sound of the regular version more)
As for durability, it’s not too much of a concern for me as I’m not rough with my instruments in general. I always take it as a carry-on in a lightly padded bag when traveling and I put it under the seat in front of me as I just like to keep an eye in my own things. It goes to the park, beach, road trips, and also been in the trunk with no problems.
I would suggest listening for the tone for both and make a decision that way. After all, both choices are durable. It is still an instrument after all, so I feel like the tones would be a good deciding factor.
I have a carbon soprano that I love and take on vacations. The build of the instrument is great and very comfortable to hold. I installed one strap pin and have the strap on the head stock on the other end. I like Martin fluorocarbon strings on it vs the stock D’Addario strings it comes with. Low G does not work well on the soprano size.
Vic Schmeltz made a couple of great comparison videos of the regular and carbon versions. Personally, had I seen the side-by-side comparison before my purchase, I would have saved some $$ with the regular:
Tenor size: https://youtu.be/ahhXO8MMg7M
Soprano size: https://youtu.be/DbhxxrklbYQHope this helps!
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After countless takes of trying to not make a mistake, I finally got over it but psyched myself at the end of the song! This song was quite a challenge to memorize but I have to say it have enjoyed learning it and want to perfect it!
Thanks again for the RockClass101 team for cranking out amazing lesson for us to learn! Here is my submission.
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Here’s my submission for October! This song was super challenging to learn, but I’m glad I did! Quite a few transition that needs to be worked on but here’s my recording for now!
Brenna, you did such an amazing job! The timing with your hammer-ons and pull-offs were sounded awesome! 🙂
Thanks for the feedback, Stephen! I’ll keep practicing the song. I listened to it again and definitely missed certain notes. Thanks again for your feedback!
I’m still working slowly through the first theme and finally got some kind of a flow going tonight! Started the on the second a little bit but didn’t record it because I haven’t been able to get the transition right. Practice, practice. practice!
https://soundcloud.com/suzums/st-james-infirmary-test/s-IfeNp
Thanks for sharing your progress, Sara! I’ve just started learning the song over the weekend and it has a been a tiny bit of a finger frenzy! I definitely love the swingy vibe to the song and it really help standing up and moving to the beat when I after I got the intro down. Will try to share a progress video at some point this week!
Here’s my submission for the September challenge! Thank you ^_^
