Comments on: Practice Tips: Record Yourself

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:25:26 +0000

todd: You’re welcome.

Fiona: I think my singing is way beyond help.

Armelle and cbf: I always get too obsessed to leave a new tune for too long. But I do often find I can play a tune better in the morning than I could the night before.

Jomes: It’s good advice. I just wish I could take it more often.

J-Hob: Cheers!

Ukulele Perspective: Thanks for the idea. I’ve done a couple of duets in the past. It might be time for another.

Seeso: Thanks.

Nick: A decent mic is a good investment. It doesn’t have to be super fancy.

Jimmy: I wish I could take that advice. I put my speeding up down to excitability.

By: JCMcGee

JCMcGee — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:09:07 +0000

Rushing is my big problem…rush rush rush through a song….Slooooowwwww down is good advice.

“i find the best thing is just putting the uke down and giving it a break then coming back to it later and it all seems much easier”

mmmh, practicing without practicing….very Zen!

By: J-Hob

J-Hob — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:18:36 +0000

I use a little mic that clips on the bottom of my ipod most of time, works great

By: Nick Bardy-Chivor

Nick Bardy-Chivor — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:10:07 +0000

I do this using my Ibooks built in camera and mic…the sound quality isn’t great…it was a real eye opener…I think I will invest in a better mic…It definatley helps…

By: Narciso Lobo

Narciso Lobo — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:31:59 +0000

Great stuff.

By: Ukulele Perspective

Ukulele Perspective — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:42:04 +0000

Good advice. Audacity works for Windows. I wonder how many ukulele players have Macs and use GarageBand? It seems easier to use. I wondered if you ever record multiple parts and what advice you have for such experience. I’ve seen the tabs/chords on the Web for Pachebel’s Canon parts but that’s a long piece. Or maybe you’d write some cool rendition of a two part ukulele piece?

By: J-Hob

J-Hob — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:32:24 +0000

Brilliant advice! I do this a lot and I can certainly credit it with helping me improve a lot. You can also use it as a metric for improvement and much like your archery you can improve bit by bit based on feedback from your last attempt.

By: cardboardfrog

cardboardfrog — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:54:42 +0000

recording yourself can be really helpful, but i find the best thing is just putting the uke down and giving it a break then coming back to it later and it all seems much easier

By: Jomes

Jomes — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:51:23 +0000

Metronomes are good to keep that tempo in check, then after a while, you shouldn’t even need one!

By: Armelle

Armelle — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:33:20 +0000

Thanks for the advice, Al.
I’ve used Audacity every now and then after reading about it in your ukulele 101 e-book.
What I find is that sometimes you end up being worse at playing a tune after you’ve played it too many times trying to correct bum notes or other problems. It’s then best to leave it for a few days (weeks) before trying again. This is true when you are a beginner who has to correct all the points you mentioned in your post ;)