Comedy sketch performance by Zara Madueke https://padlet.com/zara_madueke/s4l0thxwkd5x Made with a lightning strike of genius en-us 2019-03-28 18:16:09 UTC 2019-05-19 15:42:37 UTC hello@padlet.com Week 1 zara_madueke https://padlet.com/zara_madueke/s4l0thxwkd5x/wish/349851098 The ukulele belongs to the strings family, the ukulele comes in four main sizes. The notes of the strings are A, C, G, E. A chord is a set of multiple notes and a minor chord are notes thta sound sad and major chords are notes that sound happy or uplifting. I know that when playing the ukulele you must stretch your fingers and use them to control what sounds you make. I am at the mindset of that i want to leran the ukulele and I am excited to learn new chords this will higher my chances of succeeding with a good attitude.

]]> 2019-04-09 09:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/zara_madueke/s4l0thxwkd5x/wish/349851098 Week 2 zara_madueke https://padlet.com/zara_madueke/s4l0thxwkd5x/wish/351940031 Since my first recording, I have now learned more chords and notes. I am proud I can now at least play songs on the ukulele with sufficient practise. I need to work on my strumming when I strum the strings it sounds very plucky so I need to improve on that by re-watching other peoples hand techniques. ]]> 2019-04-16 12:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/zara_madueke/s4l0thxwkd5x/wish/351940031 Week 3 zara_madueke https://padlet.com/zara_madueke/s4l0thxwkd5x/wish/361146608 I chose '' counting stars'' because the chords looked slightly easier than the others and it was a song I had been listening to and knew well. I want to be able to play intune and in the correct speed with the song. I expect myself to have trouble memorising all the finger placements I need to correctly interpret this song. when playing and I expect a lot of hard work from myself to make my performance the best it can be. ]]> 2019-05-17 12:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/zara_madueke/s4l0thxwkd5x/wish/361146608 Week 4 zara_madueke https://padlet.com/zara_madueke/s4l0thxwkd5x/wish/361498302 I still have the same song as last week- shot gun. The notes have really not been that hard for me to understand and I really think I am getting better each practise I do. I challenge would be the singing, I personally think my voice is nice. However sometimes I can be affected by stage fright especially when I am not in the most comfortable place or when I am doing something that I don't usually do like play the ukulele. So I guess I'm scared that things will go wrong so I just hope I am fine when performing. But with practise I will become more confident. ]]> 2019-05-19 15:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/zara_madueke/s4l0thxwkd5x/wish/361498302 Week 5 zara_madueke https://padlet.com/zara_madueke/s4l0thxwkd5x/wish/361499641 I performed!!
It wasn't as bad as I expected, I was nervous though and I was shaking while singing and strumming. I think the nerves got the best of me today but I really did try hard so whatever grade I get I am proud of myself. I messed up some notes so I just think for next time definitely more practise and I was told that I did good and that my voice was fine but some off my notes were off and that some finger placements too. 
My group will be performing ''old town road by lil nazi'' We chose this song because we know it well and have been listening to it a lot lately and Our goals for this task will be to play well as in intune and together and also have fun playing the ukulele and learning a new instrument. This week will be hard because we will have to learn a whole new song again and new chords but I believe we will be fine if we work diligently and use our practise time wisely.]]> 2019-05-19 15:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/zara_madueke/s4l0thxwkd5x/wish/361499641 Week 8 zara_madueke https://padlet.com/zara_madueke/s4l0thxwkd5x/wish/361499948 Our performance was so much better than I expected!!
We could have played more together and at the same time but overall I think we played really, really well!
I reached all my goals and our group was really happy. 
Individually, I have grown as a ukulele player and I am proud I can now read music better and understand chords and actually use that knowledge to play the ukelele. This unit has been so fun and informative and I really did enjoy it.]]> 2019-05-19 15:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/zara_madueke/s4l0thxwkd5x/wish/361499948 Week 6+7 zara_madueke https://padlet.com/zara_madueke/s4l0thxwkd5x/wish/361499949 Things aren't going so well practising, its hard for us to focus and stay on Task which isn't good for us at all. We have little practising and I don't think we are ready to perform. Our group is a mess and we are all playing at different times and speeds. I really hope we suck it up and try harder so we can get good grades for our performance. We are still doing old town road because it is simply too late for us to change song even if we wanted to.]]> 2019-05-19 15:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/zara_madueke/s4l0thxwkd5x/wish/361499949