Second ukulele update here!
As I transitioned from practicing chords to playing an actual song, I experienced more difficulty than I was expecting to. Even with a song as simple as “You Are My Sunshine”, there are a lot of different components to put together – strumming patterns, timing, lyrics, and, of course, chords. Each of these is a fundamental part of what helps bring the song to life, but as much as I practice, I still have trouble piecing everything together.
The extra day of class time we had to play our instruments was incredibly helpful because it gave me another chance to seek my peers’ help and see how other people’s playing was going. I was able to chat with Alexa, who is also playing the ukulele and learning “You Are My Sunshine”, and she helped me find a new YouTube video. This was extremely beneficial because the new video has a girl I can play along with instead of just being taught the chords and then playing without a person to guide me.
I’m hoping to see some more improvement over the next couple of weeks; however, I am a little worried with reading break coming up. I don’t want to fall behind, but I am going home to Penticton and am not able to bring my instrument home with me. This means it will be about 10 days straight without practice.
Despite this, I am moving forward optimistic for the video I will be submitting for the first half of the semester.