Garydavkra
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What is your ukulele handicap?
I'm not sure what you mean?
What is your ukulele handicap?
I THINK it's a reference to golf, as in a golf handicap, which is a skill level. The lower the number, the higher the skill level....I'm not sure what you mean?
One of the things I like about the seasons (besides the community and camaraderie) is the variety of the challenges. Sometimes it's one-takes only, sometimes we can multi-track. Sometimes the theme is based on the subject of the lyrics, sometimes the songs have to come from a certain genre and/or period. (I even heard a rumor that season 34 will be about the musical structure of the song.) Sometimes the host picks the winners, sometimes it's random, sometimes we vote. It's all good.
So while I'm in favor of giving the host a wide berth in setting the parameters for that week (after all, they did step up and volunteer,) I'd be against making things too difficult. Inclusivity is one of the great things we got going on here, and so far we've managed to make room for all skill levels. I'd like to keep it that way myself.
Of course, nothing's stopping anybody from running their own contest independent of the seasons. After all, this is the "UU Contests" forum, not the "Seasons of the Ukulele" Forum. We don't have to be the only game in town.
I THINK it's a reference to golf, as in a golf handicap, which is a skill level. The lower the number, the higher the skill level....
that is exactly right.
OldePhart said:I'm working on an instrumental for week 33 now and I think I'm going to make it in time but only Sunday evening will tell for sure. I could bang out a quick and easy rhythm and vocal thing for week 33 but there's not much challenge in that...I've decided I really want to improve my pickin' and for that I'm just going to have to suck it up and spend some time in the shed!
It seems like the general consensus is to not make it more challenging.
I agree, and these are great ideas! Thanks for sharing.....As John points out, above, Gary, the challenge is what you make it. If you are a beginner and want to challenge yourself, try going up the neck for some chord inversions. Intermediate players can try interesting arrangements. Advanced players can try making the song "their own". Everyone has something to work on, and a way in which to challenge oneself.
As John points out, above, Gary, the challenge is what you make it. If you are a beginner and want to challenge yourself, try going up the neck for some chord inversions. Intermediate players can try interesting arrangements. Advanced players can try making the song "their own". Everyone has something to work on, and a way in which to challenge oneself.
If what you really want is to see people of the same skill level duke it out, you could, as a host, assign seeds to various players and set up a tournament style contest. One of the original seasons was basically structured like this - I think it was Academy Award week. The seeds were not explicit, but players of approximately matched skill were pitted head to head, and then final points were awarded after the head to head match up. But in a way, I feel, personally that the Seasons have evolved beyond this to be a challenge more than a competition.
As for me, I still get pretty competitive... With myself. The week limit is a big challenge for me as I progress because, as a professional actor, I am used to much more time to get something up to scratch. As a musician, I am always trying to push myself to be a better player and to put out something that is as polished as possible, and the week limit, with playing being (sadly) a secondary pursuit, time-wise, can make that difficult. But I am a MUCH better player today than I was when the Seasons started in February. And I owe a large part of that to this weekly push. And in the end, for me, that's what it's about: becoming a better player by sharing music with friends whenever I can.