We are skipping Drop and Pull for the moment and and going on to Air Pudding this week.
The biggest challenge of this piece is just to get the picking pattern learned so well that you can do it without thinking. So... just sit around a few minutes here and there and let your fingers learn the pattern. Start slowly and keep your fingers quiet and calm.
Then work on the chords being careful to use the most efficient fingering to get from one chord to the next, as discussed in class.
Scales, Scales, Scales.............the best practice. It would be a good idea to start every practice with some quick scale practice. It doesn't have to be long.
This week work on the major scale patterns we have talked about. Straight up the neck on one string, then working across from C to E, and working across from E to G. As you practice these scales take some time to say the note names and then the degree number (1,2,3, etc....) This will help you in many ways to become familiar with the fretboard, scales, and chords. Move the scale around, starting on different notes to practice the patterns and the learning where and what the notes are.
Finally, practice the Repeating notes on the Ukulele Neck (on the attached handout). This shows you where all of the matching notes are on the fretboard and the pattern they make. For the moment just play the pattern as shown. Then move to a different note to start and repeat the pattern. Try starting on different notes (string). If this confuses the heck out of you, just play the pattern as written until it begins to make sense and we can discuss it more in class.
Mostly......Have fun and learn something... it's good for your brain.
The biggest challenge of this piece is just to get the picking pattern learned so well that you can do it without thinking. So... just sit around a few minutes here and there and let your fingers learn the pattern. Start slowly and keep your fingers quiet and calm.
Then work on the chords being careful to use the most efficient fingering to get from one chord to the next, as discussed in class.
Scales, Scales, Scales.............the best practice. It would be a good idea to start every practice with some quick scale practice. It doesn't have to be long.
This week work on the major scale patterns we have talked about. Straight up the neck on one string, then working across from C to E, and working across from E to G. As you practice these scales take some time to say the note names and then the degree number (1,2,3, etc....) This will help you in many ways to become familiar with the fretboard, scales, and chords. Move the scale around, starting on different notes to practice the patterns and the learning where and what the notes are.
Finally, practice the Repeating notes on the Ukulele Neck (on the attached handout). This shows you where all of the matching notes are on the fretboard and the pattern they make. For the moment just play the pattern as shown. Then move to a different note to start and repeat the pattern. Try starting on different notes (string). If this confuses the heck out of you, just play the pattern as written until it begins to make sense and we can discuss it more in class.
Mostly......Have fun and learn something... it's good for your brain.
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