Chris W Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Hey guys, I’m setting a new challenge starting this weekend where we will work through the ragtime arrangement and lessons Jonny did for “Ode to Joy” The aim is to complete one page a week and to post progress updates on the forum and / or videos here or the Facebook group. It would be great you joining the challenge! Let’s do this!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Toal Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 I’ll have a look at the lesson before committing 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 It looks like a good but challenging course! The ragtime left hand jumps are always a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Joseph Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I wish I could join but I really need to make myself sit down and drill into the lessons I'm currently doing. As it is, I'm functioning like a squirrel, with my attention being drawn left and right. LOL. At some point I'll probably jump into this challenge. Have fun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Toal Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I think i'll have to skip this challenge for now. I don't mind a challenge but this looks a slightly longer course with 3 lessons, so I need to focus a bit on finishing some of the other stuff before taking on a longer challenge 🙂 Also, if i'm honest, i'm struggling to hear the ode to joy tune in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ido B Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 I'm going to try to jump on this challenge this weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yannick L Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Chris it looks like Juho is doing Ode to Joy right now as well 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ido B Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Finally started this today!! It’s a tough one! Why does Jonny make it look so easy? Went through the Lesson 1 video and practiced page 1 up to the B section. It’s coming along ....S—L—O—W—L—Y! My fingers in my right hand are a bit sore after playing through the first page for about an hour. Anyone else getting finger fatigue/soreness? I think I was doing a lot of 5-2 finger stretches in the rag rolls. Maybe I need to alter my fingering. This is gonna be a fun one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 It’s great to have you on board Juho and Ido! Yeah my problem with this tune is the accuracy and the jumps - so having to take it ultra slow to get that right! Let’s keep going guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny May Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Love it @Chris W! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny May Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 You're getting a lot of traction with this in the Facebook group. Nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 @Ido B this is one tough challenge for me! My goal is to aim for 200 bpm as I don’t think my hands can move as fast as 250bpm 🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ido B Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 @Chris W I've already come the realization that I'm not gonna get it to 250 BPM...that's just crazy. I think my hands would spontaneously combust 🔥. And there's a rumor that Jonny has an extra invisible finger on each hand and that he can bend the space/time continuum with his mind. 🤣😂. Seriously, I think 200 BPM is a great goal, although I'll be happy if I can get through the whole thing at 175 BPM. I got the first page up to 140 BPM today and my 2nd page is currently at...….80 BPM 🐌 🐌🐌 You know what though, it's actually really coming along considering it hasn't quite been 2 weeks since I started working on this. We'll get there...the journey is the fun part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny May Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 @Chris W I'm in on this one! 💪 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 Glad you’ve joined this challenge Jonny - although your video made it look easy! 👍🔥 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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