GKK
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One of my first goals since beginning the ukulele was to someday be able to play (pick) the chords to Jake Shimabukuro's song, "Hula Girl".
Hula Girl, is my favorite uke song of all time and I always dreamed of being able to play it one day.
While practicing everyday for the past 1 1/2 years, I always looked at (but, never attempted to learn) the Hula Girl sheet music tabs and was very intimidated. One day I decided to just try it and memorize one section at a time. It took me a few months before I began to seriously practice this song and on my drive to work, I would listen to Hula Girl on my car stereo at least 10 times in a row.
A few weeks ago while practicing this song, I started from the beginning and picked to the end without looking at the tabs! It was a bit rough but, I had the basics down and could hardly believe it!
I'm getting better everyday on this song now and I even attempted to play along with Jake on my Iphone but, it was still a little too, fast for me.
I played this song for my brother who also, likes this song and after I played it (still kind of rough) he said, "that looked hard"!...
Has anyone else, met a major goal of some kind?
Hula Girl, is my favorite uke song of all time and I always dreamed of being able to play it one day.
While practicing everyday for the past 1 1/2 years, I always looked at (but, never attempted to learn) the Hula Girl sheet music tabs and was very intimidated. One day I decided to just try it and memorize one section at a time. It took me a few months before I began to seriously practice this song and on my drive to work, I would listen to Hula Girl on my car stereo at least 10 times in a row.
A few weeks ago while practicing this song, I started from the beginning and picked to the end without looking at the tabs! It was a bit rough but, I had the basics down and could hardly believe it!
I'm getting better everyday on this song now and I even attempted to play along with Jake on my Iphone but, it was still a little too, fast for me.
I played this song for my brother who also, likes this song and after I played it (still kind of rough) he said, "that looked hard"!...
Has anyone else, met a major goal of some kind?
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