14-11

Picked up practice again after a little break.

This week will be practicing:
– Uke lesson 101 + homework
– Pinky mutes + practice on Lovesong, No woman no cry and Over the rainbow
– Playing the songs I know

25-10

Picked up my practice again, feels good.

Currently my focus is on:
– Allowing music to flow gently, relaxed and from the heart
– Finding balance betwee working on techniques/improving and flowing

I will continue learnign the songs I am learning and uke 101 recap. Also make the homework from the last time and see if I can be creative with my fingerpicking/playing along with my recording.

When got all this down I will just spend some time recapping things, having fun and orienting myself toward a new goal.

Current practice overview:

New techniques / things to learn
Recording strumming pattern and playing different parts over it (lesson 5 uke101)
Lesson 6 uke101
Pull off techniques
Hammer on cords
Intermediate grip

Learning new songs
What’s Up – the 4 blondes
Another Day in Paradise – Phill Collins

Perfecting and including singing
Island Style – John Cruz = Work on Rolls + incl. Riff
Stand by me – Ben E, King = Singing and playing
Heaven – John Lennon = Singing and playing
Let it be – the beatles = Singing and playing
Over the rainbow = Singing and playing + rhytm
What a wonderful world – Louis Armstrong = singing and playing
No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley
Three Little birds – Bob Marley
Island in the Sun – Weezer
LoveSong – The Cure
Good Riddance – Greenday

Done (pretty much)
Waiting in Vain – Bob marley

12-10-2020

Woohoo! Can play and Sing Along with Island in the Sun by Weezer. Also did some improvisation with strumming and noticed my Rhytm and foot tapping. 1/2 notes and everything goes really well, I just gotta let go and follow the groove then everything finds its way!

So next time also play lovesong and try singing with it. Perhaps first sing along, then play along and then sing and play along. Good riddince is also next up. Once I got these downs I feel like moving on my homework of uke101 and start with the next lesson.

Also, I want to include the ‘letting go, just having fun vibe’ in my practice sessions. Probably something like:
– play/sing along with a song and/or improvise, create something my own or just play whatever
– learn and practice a technique, new song, picking/strumming pattern, whatever
– improve a technique/song that I already know, but work on speed/fluency/form
– finish with a song/having fun

• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Lukas van Paridon.
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11-10
Realized I can also play bob marley no woman nc cry and practiced love song. Can play it almost entirely! Tomorrow practicing Good Riddince and recapping love song. Maybe also progress to the next lesson of uke 101. I should also work on the next grip before learning new songs with barre cords and such.

06-10

Practiced good riddince cord progression and strumming. Work on making it smoothe, but almost there.

Practiced Island in the Sun and Love Song the Cure

30-09

Current practice overview:

New techniques / things to learn
Recording strumming pattern and playing different parts over it (lesson 5 uke101)
Lesson 6 uke101
Pull off techniques
Hammer on cords
Intermediate grip

Learning new songs
Island in the Sun – Weezer
LoveSong – The Cure
Good Riddance – Greenday
What’s Up – the 4 blondes
Another Day in Paradise – Phill Collins

Perfecting and including singing
Island Style – John Cruz = Work on Rolls + incl. Riff
Stand by me – Ben E, King = Singing and playing
Heaven – John Lennon = Singing and playing
Let it be – the beatles = Singing and playing
Over the rainbow = Singing and playing + rhytm
What a wonderful world – Louis Armstrong = singing and playing
No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley
Three Little birds – Bob Marley
Done (pretty much)
Waiting in Vain – Bob marley

Some things to work on:
– Noticing the foot tapping / Rhytm
– Don’t hold back too much
– Have fun 😉

Questions for feedback:
– Difference picking and fingerpicking? And why do we angor with more fingers with picking? (Check week 5 uke 101)
– How to hold the uke steady while switching cords

See if I can get a private lesson to cover some of the things I am struggeling with in learning songs and writing these down.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Lukas van Paridon.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Lukas van Paridon.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Lukas van Paridon.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Lukas van Paridon.

Practiced lovesong fingerpickings and strumming

23-09

Practiced ‘Love song’ strumming pattern and the cords in order. Continue with this and try the fingerpicking.

Also played Heaven and I want to try singing with this song next time, just like Another Day in Paradise.

22-09

Practiced Love song strumming pattern. Can do the pinky mute in all cords seperately, next time practice in order.

20-09

Played and practiced:
– stand by me
– Strumming pattern Love song and Pinky mute technique
– Waiting in vain

19-09

Practiced the Cure love song. Next time work on the pinky lift and practice Good riddince. Also try to play a song.

I want to do 3 things:
1. Learn something entirely new
2. Practice something that is recently new and parts that I am struggeling with in songs
3. Perfectionize some songs I can already play completely

This is what my practice should consist of, starting tomorrow:
– warmup song 5 min
– new song/lesson practice 10 min
– specific technique/song part practice 10 min
– fintune some songs 5 min

18-09

Also learned the first part of ‘love song’ by the Cure. Work on pinky mute and cord progression first, then the picking patterns.

18-09

Practiced Good Riddance, specifically focussing on the cord switches and landing my fingers at the same time. Pretty challenging on the G and cadd9.

This will be my main focus upcoming times. Then when that goes right include the fingerpicking and gradually speed up once I got it.

Oh yeah and before practicing a song just listen and feel the rhytm. Figure out in what speed it is etc.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Lukas van Paridon.