So I definitely fell behind here with my TPAs and fully taking over the planning and teaching of my classes since the quarter changed in April. It's been the perfect storm of babies and one thing after another. Needless to say I can't seem to get ahead of the game. That being said, I resumed my practicing of the ukulele this past week. I have to tell you, they weren't joking when they said "if you don't use it, you lose it..." At least it seemed that way when I picked the uke up again. It was nice to have it in my hands again, and I can say that while it seemed I'd forgotten everything, it came back very quick. Specifically the chords and chord progressions for Vance Joy's "Riptide." While not perfect, it is sounding better. I was also interested to discover that after I practice a new song like the Beatle's "Here comes the Sun" the Vance Joy song sounds better and better. Maybe that's relative though (to how bad the other song sounds). While Vance Joy's is a pretty simple 3 chord progression(with a 4th chord added in every once in a while), "Here Comes the Sun" starts by picking individual strings instead of strumming the whole chord. Talk about tough. Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" is similar with the picking involved. These are great goals for down the road, but quite difficult right now. Another song I heard that I thought would be good to play is Donovan Frankenreiter's "Free." Similar chords to Vance Joy's but add a couple more and some different strumming patterns and chord progressions.
A lot of these are the same tune over and over as well which makes it tough to get through a whole song. This is one reason I've looked at quite a few songs, but I think this is helping me learn more chords and practice my transitions. I've still got a long way to go though...
Here's my favorite ukulele teacher so far doing Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah." Youtube is the way to go by the way...
A lot of these are the same tune over and over as well which makes it tough to get through a whole song. This is one reason I've looked at quite a few songs, but I think this is helping me learn more chords and practice my transitions. I've still got a long way to go though...
Here's my favorite ukulele teacher so far doing Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah." Youtube is the way to go by the way...