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If you have solid practice habits in terms of dedicated time to your instrument you will get better, if you combine sold practice habits with a solid practice technique you will improve much faster, ten times faster, 50 times faster, it can make a massive difference in you ability to improve quickly.   

Day 6 is here and I want to talk about something very important. Practice, yes Allen, practice, we are talking about practice, and how 1/4 is such an important number because that is the size that you want to break things down in to make them easier to learn. The 1/4 note is the smallest manageable piece so that is what we focus on and once you have master 1/4 of a measure you add another 1/4 and another 1/4 until you have mastered the measure. Having mastered a measure means the ability to play that measure in a circle over and over again. You would then do the same thing with the next measure, 1/4 by 1/4 until you have that on mastered and after you would combine the two. One you feel extremely comfortable with those two, it is time to learn the third, and you guessed it, you do it 1/4 measure at a time.   

This piece by piece approach is the fastest way to learning a song, because if you don't have time to do it right, you won't have time to do it twice, taking it a little slower at the start will actually save a lot of long time in the long run. Rushing through the process of learning an instrument does not benefit you. You also want to be able to count all these ideas out loud, so find a quite space where you can be alone because verbalizing what you are playing helps a tremendous amount, and you want to say the rests as well, treat them as notes that don't get played instead of empty spots in the music, both of this tips will also help your playing enormously.

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Overall level of playing

Chord melody skills in general

Ukulele skills in general 

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#ChordMelodyChallenge Day 6 - How to practice, play and make hard music easier - Ukulele Tutorial

If you have solid practice habits in terms of dedicated time to your instrument you will get better, if you combine sold practice habits with a solid practice technique you will improve much faster, ten times faster, 50 times faster, it can make a massive difference in you ability to improve quickly. Day 6 is here and I want to talk about something very important. Practice, yes Allen, practice, we are talking about practice, and how 1/4 is such an important number because that is the size that you want to break things down in to make them easier to learn. The 1/4 note is the smallest manageable piece so that is what we focus on and once you have master 1/4 of a measure you add another 1/4 and another 1/4 until you have mastered the measure. Having mastered a measure means the ability to play that measure in a circle over and over again. You would then do the same thing with the next measure, 1/4 by 1/4 until you have that on mastered and after you would combine the two. One you feel extremely comfortable with those two, it is time to learn the third, and you guessed it, you do it 1/4 measure at a time. This piece by piece approach is the fastest way to learning a song, because if you don't have time to do it right, you won't have time to do it twice, taking it a little slower at the start will actually save a lot of long time in the long run. Rushing through the process of learning an instrument does not benefit you. You also want to be able to count all these ideas out loud, so find a quite space where you can be alone because verbalizing what you are playing helps a tremendous amount, and you want to say the rests as well, treat them as notes that don't get played instead of empty spots in the music, both of this tips will also help your playing enormously. To enter to win go to instagram, film yourself playing the challenge, upload it and tag us @Tenthumbspro and @KalaBrandMusic with the hashtag #ChordMelodyChallenge. You have to do all 10 days, if you complete all 10 days your name gets entered into a raffle on October 1st where you can win a bran new Ukulele from Kala or 1 of 3 other cool Kala packs. If you don't have instragram you can upload your video to youtube, or to Facebook and put it in the group "10 Thumbs Challenges." LINKS Let's see you play it! https://www.instagram.com/tenthumbspro/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tenthumbspro... Website: https://www.tenthumbspro.com/ Private Lessons Inquiries: email tenthumbsproductions@gmail.com T-Shirts: https://www.etsy.com/shop/tenthumbspro #Tenthumbs #Ukulele #ChordMelodyChallenge These 4 measures are from "Hey Jude" here is the tutorial if you would like to learn the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCBgU9dBXYE #ChordMelodyChallenge Day 6 - How to practice, play and make hard music easier - Ukulele Tutorial

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Regina Mae

Random - the expression is “fine tooth comb”. Which is a comb where the teeth are very close together. That is what you would use, for example, when kids get lice. (Gross example but true). The expression means picking up the tiniest details (the way a fine tooth comb picks out the tiniest lice). On a brighter note, I am loving the lessons in this 10 day challenge! I’ve been wanting to do chord melodies and have had SUCH a hard time figuring out the fingering of the left hand. thank you for all you do! <3

Tyler Austenfeld

That makes SO much more sense hahaha. That is great that you have this to kick off your chord melody career! Some of the lessons might be a little too hard, some a little too easy, but if people just do their best for these 10 days they will have a solid foundation of the style and they will be play, and hopefully create, their own chord melodies!

GracenEdgar

Ready for chord melody day 7! Thank you so much. Tyler Austenfeld. Talented teacher.