Aloha everyone!
It's been quite a while since I regularly checked this forum for advices, tutorials and just general ukulele conversations.
I previously posted a thread thanking the ukulele and this lovely community for getting me through the hard times I was going through.
To follow up, as some may know, back in febraury I was diagnosed with a rare form of testicle cancer, that had spread to several parts inside my body.
Luckily, after 5 months of chemotherapy I was diagnosed cancer free and am feeling better then ever now!
While undergoing treatment I was left with a lot of sparetime, as I was too weak to do anything really, except playing video games, hanging out with visiting friends and playing the ukulele.
Playing the ukulele was a great distraction - until I hit the wall.
Like so many before me I plateaued. For the past month or so I've really wanted to get into music again, but each time I sit down with the ukulele, I find myself playing the same things over and over, getting annoyed and quickly find something else to do.
I searched for ukulele lessons in my area, but none to be found. Ukuleles in Denmark still has a long way to go I'm afraid.
What do you guys do when you plateau?
Each time I try and learn myself some more music theory I find myself a few weeks later annoyed by my slow progress and the fact that I can't seem to put the newly learned theory to any use.
EDIT: Perhaps I should mention my skill level. I'd consider myself slightly advanced ukulele player. I love a great challenging tab and each time I come across a tab for a song like 'The Unknown' by Kalei Gamiao or a tutorial/tab for a song by Corey Fujimoto, I can't put the uke down till I can play the piece.
But only slightly advanced ukulele player in the sense that I still can't figure out songs by ear or figure out which chords to play.
It's been quite a while since I regularly checked this forum for advices, tutorials and just general ukulele conversations.
I previously posted a thread thanking the ukulele and this lovely community for getting me through the hard times I was going through.
To follow up, as some may know, back in febraury I was diagnosed with a rare form of testicle cancer, that had spread to several parts inside my body.
Luckily, after 5 months of chemotherapy I was diagnosed cancer free and am feeling better then ever now!
While undergoing treatment I was left with a lot of sparetime, as I was too weak to do anything really, except playing video games, hanging out with visiting friends and playing the ukulele.
Playing the ukulele was a great distraction - until I hit the wall.
Like so many before me I plateaued. For the past month or so I've really wanted to get into music again, but each time I sit down with the ukulele, I find myself playing the same things over and over, getting annoyed and quickly find something else to do.
I searched for ukulele lessons in my area, but none to be found. Ukuleles in Denmark still has a long way to go I'm afraid.
What do you guys do when you plateau?
Each time I try and learn myself some more music theory I find myself a few weeks later annoyed by my slow progress and the fact that I can't seem to put the newly learned theory to any use.
EDIT: Perhaps I should mention my skill level. I'd consider myself slightly advanced ukulele player. I love a great challenging tab and each time I come across a tab for a song like 'The Unknown' by Kalei Gamiao or a tutorial/tab for a song by Corey Fujimoto, I can't put the uke down till I can play the piece.
But only slightly advanced ukulele player in the sense that I still can't figure out songs by ear or figure out which chords to play.
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