Tootler
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Won't be two of us until June...I will HAVE to make a video before then!!
With a handle like that do you also play a squeezy thing?
Won't be two of us until June...I will HAVE to make a video before then!!
When I really must absolutely learn a song off-book, I just play it overandoverandoverandover. That works. My wife is not fond of that technique, as the songs that I have memorized are now ones that she is sick of. Oh well![/COLOR]
Yep. My husband gets the same way. "Can you please play something else?" -I hear that a lot! Here lately, I just practice when he is at work.
One more memorization strategy I've used in addition to many of those already mentioned... practice singing the song without playing uke until you've got the words and melody cold; practice the chords without singing along until you've got them; then put together singing and uke after you know each separately.
Great to read so many of your voices here. Fun thread.
And welcome back, 'tina!
Whisky? Yummy single-malt scotch? I just brought back from Ohio bottles of three brands I can't get in N.C.
What's your experience with how whisky (or similar libations) affects your practice? I think it's like having a friendly companion encouraging you to relax and try it again.
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Heck, no!!!!!!!So is this a nice way to tell me to stop talking in the weekly contest threads?
That advice about keep going when performing - that is gold.
I was performing for a large family gathering and I had stagefright real bad. I made some errors and thought I had really messed it up BAD. I kept going though. Someone took a video of it and it was not that noticeable, it was much worse in my head. That helped.
Ralf's advice about singing without playing is another thing I do. I have a long commute, and I will often spend the commute singing the lyrics over and over for songs I am trying to learn.
That article was great Wendy! I am looking forward to changing what I already do to hopefully make it more effective. I do notice that sleep does seem to cement things. I will try to learn one verse at a time, then sleep on it, instead of playing through the whole thing.
So is this a nice way to tell me to stop talking in the weekly contest threads?
Won't be two of us until June...I will HAVE to make a video before then!!
That advice about keep going when performing - that is gold.
I was performing for a large family gathering and I had stagefright real bad. I made some errors and thought I had really messed it up BAD. I kept going though. Someone took a video of it and it was not that noticeable, it was much worse in my head. That helped.
Ralf's advice about singing without playing is another thing I do. I have a long commute, and I will often spend the commute singing the lyrics over and over for songs I am trying to learn.
That article was great Wendy! I am looking forward to changing what I already do to hopefully make it more effective. I do notice that sleep does seem to cement things. I will try to learn one verse at a time, then sleep on it, instead of playing through the whole thing.
perfection is not the goal of the Seasons, participation is!
perfection is not the goal of the Seasons, participation is!
Sometimes perfect participation is the goal of a few .... :biglaugh:
Somebody, actually a good pal of mine Rick Preece said. the point is you know that you've cocked it up because you are behind the guitar and driving, they're in front listening , they'll assume that everything coming out is meant to be that way ...so play on. Wise words indeed .....BB where the whisky at ????
Whisky? Yummy single-malt scotch? I just brought back from Ohio bottles of three brands I can't get in N.C.
What's your experience with how whisky (or similar libations) affects your practice? I think it's like having a friendly companion encouraging you to relax and try it again.
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Go for it!! Just make sure you use a plastic ukulele!
I'd run out of hot water!