...I went to the Lake Anne Uke Fest in Reston VA on Saturday and heard some great music. Then I stayed for the Uke Jam (that was after all the pros) and found out I have a lot of work ahead of me. (lol) I played for about 1/2 hour and found out I don't yet have the stamina for a real jam yet. Also, looks like learning the Bb chord is a must. :-( Only thing I didn't like was that the leader played an electric uke so I couldn't hear myself.
I practiced for 45 minutes yesterday just to get used to longer sets.
It was fun but wow!
I practiced for 45 minutes yesterday just to get used to longer sets.
It was fun but wow!
I'm not really good at picking up unknown songs on the fly from watching people's hands unless it's a pretty simple and repetitive chord progression so I'll often just sit many songs out and enjoy the music. Around the campfire at UWC this year I couldn't see hands well by firelight so I did a lot of sitting out - still great fun.
