I'm Baaack
Thank you everyone for such nice words re: the Boot Camp method.
Just like our beloved instrument, the Boot Camp Practice Sheets are NOT to be mastered all at once.
Thanks to those who shared the "How" of what they do with the Practice Sheets. Go slow and take
them one at a time, or whenever you come across a song in one of those keys and you want to practice
becoming familiar with some of the chords you may have to play.
Also, if you haven't checked out the FREE Songbook link, there you will find the Boot Camp Method applied to
learning specific songs... again by creating Practice Sheets. My suggestion is that you work on the chord
progressions without reference to the melody... even if you know it well. I feel it's most important to
your sense of enjoyment and satisfaction to be able to play the song through, eventually, at a good tempo
without stopping to change chords along the way.
That being said, I enjoyed the video about 'Forcing Changes' [Danno, post #15]. As we all know, once a song begins, especially in a song circle, the tempo doesn't stop until the end of the song. Also, if anything, it tends to speed up!
I particularly liked what the video said about NOT training your rhythm/strumming hand to stop as you make
the chord changes. "Practice makes Permanent" so it behooves us to practice only the correct things, the things
that will enhance our playing of our ukes and not detract from it.
OK, 'nuf said for now
keep uke'in',