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@Siehtscheh Bravo, Winni, sounding pretty good. Keep doing what you are doing.

I find I get better audio quality if I record a video with the phone rather than just audio. So if you have a smart phone perhaps try that.

Copy URLs to SoundCloud, videos in YT etc and paste into your post on a blank line with no other text and it will embed. You can look at yours and see the effect

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Way to go @Siehtscheh
That was a really good performance. Sounded like the strumming was nice and steady. A lot of things to be happy about.
Just open your windows :grin:

Well done!! :+1:

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@DavidP @tRONd
Thank you so much. Your words are encouraging. :blush:

Before recording a video maybe I should start practicing with the windows opened :rofl:

Ah, okā€¦ pretty simple then :+1: thank you :blush:

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this sounds great! well done :slight_smile:

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Congratulations on your first AVOYP posting Winni, youā€™ve done a nice job with the song. Open those windows and let everyone hear your skills on the guitar.

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Hi, pretty new to the community, and not a native English speaker so I hope you understand me :wink:

Didnā€™t want to start a topic and glad I found this space. Still have to get my recording set up on par (had to mono the video as I couldnā€™t mix my interface over the phone).

Playing since Oct 2022. Im currently at Module 19 of Grade 3, but revisiting this song right now as I never memorized and learned the strum/picking pattern until recently.

Still not getting it as flawless as Iā€™d like. Some unnecessary slowdowns and mistakes. Forgetting to mute the 1st string on the verses, not enough single picking too much strumā€¦

First time trying to record with mics. So the voice is a bit more clear than Iā€™m used to, but Iā€™m more conscious of the flaws in my singing. Am I close to the pitches, way too flat?
Iā€™m a really inexperienced singer I feel. Always thought I do ok when casually singing songs, but hearing it back clearly Iā€™m doubting my progress in that areaā€¦ could use some neutral ears, thanks.

Grade 2: Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day | JustinGuitar.com

So any feedback would be highly appreciated:

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@LPeterL @SgtColon
Thank you so much
And sorry for the late answer. There were almost 3 weeks with very poor internet. Now itā€™s back :+1:

@Siff
My device doesnā€™t manage to hear anything from your video, so I canā€™t say anything :woman_shrugging:t3:

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@Siehtscheh: Thank you for pointing it out. I uploaded it on Youtube now and edited the post with the link. Hope it works now.

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Marcel, good job with the song, strumming and chord changes look and sound good. Vocally, you are a little flat but I think singing along to songs on the radio and actually playing along with your guitar are totally different. Remember you can use a capo to find which pitch best suits your voice.

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Hi every one! So it is not possible to play a song not included in a lesson? Let us sayā€¦a tango for instance? Thanks! Regards! Mario

Surely, itā€™s possible. Thatā€™s how I understand it at least :slightly_smiling_face: The recommendation is to ā€œideallyā€ upload a song from the song lessons. I guess thatā€™s to make it more likely that people, who listen to the song you are playing in the video actually know the song and can hence give better feedback :slightly_smiling_face:

Still, I think absolutely nothing speaks against you uploading a tango :laughing:

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@MarioD Mario, you can learn to play and share any song you like. As part of mastering and consolidating what is taught in grade 1 and 2 what is important is to exercise what you are learning. That enables you to get feedback to aid in your progress.

And over and above that, you can throw in other things. While we advocate following the lesson flow as Justin as a tried and tested sequence that supports laying strong foundations there is nothing wrong with adding extra things that help keep you motivated, such as a tango.

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Thank you very much David! Anywayā€¦I am 70, so I belong to a pre-tec generation, and still donā€™t realize how to upload a video here. I would greately appreciate some help on this matter.
On other respect, of course I love Justinā€™s lessons (I am working on grade 3). But I think it would be interesting for other students to have more contact with Latin styles, and, as I was born in Argentinaā€¦a tango rises as a natural option. Thanks again! Regards, Mario

Iā€™m looking forward to seeing your tango on guitar! Go for it!

Tod

You can upload a video to YouTube (set the upload to ā€œunlistedā€ if you donā€™t want it showing up in search results or autoplay suggestions for other users), and then share the link here.

Understood! Thank you very much! Regards, Mario

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Iā€™m gathering courageā€¦ :upside_down_face:

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@MarioD

Mario, the first thing to know about sharing videos is that they must be uploaded to the internet. The Community platform does not store the video, it is always accessed via a link to the video.

The majority of people use YouTube for video. Some people record audio-only and use SoundCloud but that is not as common as when I started. You can also upload the file to a file-share like Google Drive or Drop Box. That is also not common here.

Do you have a Google Account, a GMail address. If so best option would be to create a YouTube channel. If you are recording with an Android phone then not too complicated to upload the video direct to your channel from the phone. And youā€™ll find lots of info to get you started just by searching in YouTube for videos on how to create a YouTube channel.

Hopefully that is sufficient to help you get started. Then you can post up topics asking more questions for further help in #gear-tools-talk:hardware-software-recroding

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Thank you very much David, for your really clear explanation. As soon as I gather enough courage, I will tryā€¦ Best regards, Mario

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