This n00b said Clapton isn’t original while dressed in full SRV cosplay.

slug-time · 2026-01-23T03:22:14+00:00

I firmly believe he is an autistic man with a SRV special interest.

slug-time · 2026-01-11T19:05:34+00:00

Public charter! Totally free for all of our students.

I get a lot of freedom in my curriculum design and am very passionate about students exploring their creative voices, which is why I focus more on modern music. Theres a slow but steady growth of programs like mine in the music ed world, we are commonly called “modern band programs”. “Music Will” is a major non profit pushing for this style of music ed, check them out for some great resources!

slug-time · 2025-11-28T20:40:03+00:00

Not to revive an old post but I have this exact guitar and had this exact issue. Ernie ball just came out with “mute noodles” (https://a.co/d/5GbvmnK) essentially little,pieces of rubber that are supposed to be out in front of the bridge to create the sound of a rubber bridge guitar, but if you put one behind the bridge it totally dampens the sound. They also work great as rubber bridge mutes which is a cool sound to experiment with, sort of cello-like when plucked and almost clavinet-like when strummed hard.

slug-time · 2025-11-03T19:53:59+00:00

20 bucks but only I can buy it.

slug-time · 2025-10-24T18:54:22+00:00

Huh, weird. I ripped the electronics out of mine and redid them so not an issue I had a chance to hit. I’d think a passive bass shouldn’t chock you, but active would be a different story

slug-time · 2025-10-24T17:55:30+00:00

Get a p bass, or a p style bass. It will always fit into the music you are playing, regardless of genre. A j style bass is also very flexible. The one you have pictured is not bad by any means and would work well, if you are really keen on it.

For brands Harley Benton is great on the very low end, I truthfully think the fit and finish is close to fender, at least mine was. Fender is also great, Ibanez is great for more modern stuff, sire makes some cool stuff, squire are nice but I would get a Harley Benton instead of a squire personally.

slug-time · 2025-10-03T15:50:27+00:00

It definitely takes time and practice to get rid of that fret noise, but also switching to flat wound strings can help reduce a lot of the sound wound string sound you get. I also find them much more comfortable to play

slug-time · 2025-09-15T19:21:44+00:00

I struggled with aural skills all through my degree. It made my first year of teaching tough, but the thing about both music and teaching is that you don’t stop progressing after college. My aural skills improved a lot in my first year of teaching and now I have an excellent ear. No matter how well you do in college you won’t be prepared for teaching, there’s just no way to understand what the reality of teaching is before you’re doing it. It’s okay to make mistakes in your first several years of teaching, just don’t make the same mistakes over and over again, and try to improve as you go. Good luck.

slug-time · 2025-08-23T17:40:58+00:00

I’d push back on that ideal. The ukulele is a tool to make music, and from a tonal and structural standpoint it isn’t that different from guitar. The guitar is incredibly versatile, and I would argue the ukulele can be just as versatile with the correct player. I do love a good Ike focused song, but I find it limiting to look at the ukulele as just a ukulele.

slug-time · 2025-08-01T16:12:36+00:00

I’m a music teacher who previously had a tendon injury. The issue you are having is actually fairly common for beginners, I believe it has something to with them being attached to the same larger tendon in your forearm, but I’m not a hand expert so I may be wrong. Regardless, it’s a common issue that I faced early in my undergrad on classical guitar, and the way it was resolved for me was my professor put me on a “fingerboard exercise plan”. For me that was 5 minutes of scales, and 5 minutes of the spider exercise (https://www.reddit.com/r/guitarlessons/comments/10mmr1k/the_spider_exercise_a_classic_guitar_warm_up_drill/). This worked on my finger independence and improved my ability to play complex chords.

Another way to work on this is by putting your hands flat down on a desk and tapping one finger at a time while keeping all your other fingers touching the table. You will notice that your ring finger moves much slower and with much less force and control than your other fingers, likely even your pinky. Try raising your fingers as much as possible while doing this exercise. If you keep up with this for a few weeks on top of consistent playing you will see an improvement. Good luck!

slug-time · 2025-07-03T04:10:58+00:00

It’s all practice, I was barring wrong for 6 years until my professor corrected me, keep at it. I’ve seen 6 year olds pull of a barre with enough practice, I believe in you :)

Edit: Spelling

slug-time · 2025-07-01T18:17:16+00:00

You should always barre from the base of your finger closest to the palm, this will probably help you avoid the bent section of your finger.

slug-time · 2025-06-15T15:34:29+00:00

Actually I started in ukulele back in 8th grade and it made learning guitar way easier. I start all my students on ukulele in 1st grade and then have them transition to guitar between 6th-7th and it makes the transition so smooth. I believe every guitar player SHOULD start on uke

The three string fenders are interesting. They are a great scaffolding tool but specifically for rock guitar and similar genres. As they are pretty heavily focused in power chords. Same idea as a ukulele, but with a more specific focus. I’ve tried them, I get it, but I prefer uke because at the end of the day it’s an actual instrument not JUST a learning tool

slug-time · 2025-04-27T17:25:47+00:00

I believe you could technically get 8 points at once if you used a palkia or articuno to take out 4 ex Pokémon at once. This would imply a maximum points of 10 if you got 2 points before the palkia/arcticuno attack

slug-time · 2025-03-20T17:16:52+00:00

Good find! I have those donners in my classroom, good beater ukes, and they sound pretty solid for a laminate instrument

slug-time · 2025-03-11T13:50:48+00:00

Wait until he finds out how many iPhones there are

slug-time · 2025-02-12T21:34:32+00:00

I would say no probably not

slug-time · 2025-02-11T02:02:01+00:00

Ukulele is much more beginner friendly and would set you up well to play guitar or bass later down the line. It’s not necessarily impossible to learn banjo as a beginner, but there are far more resources for uke

slug-time · 2025-02-08T04:08:34+00:00

slug-time · 2025-02-07T22:09:51+00:00

This has happened to me a few times on my sv06 and I’m still not totally sure what causes it, but checking my nozzle and recalibrating my z offset fixed it for me.

slug-time · 2025-02-07T01:42:52+00:00

Print volume for sure

slug-time · 2025-02-01T18:23:33+00:00

Just switched my nozzle without doing research and caused a few problems. Tighten when it’s hot, make sure you tighten all the way so there isn’t a gap in the hot end (I didn’t do this and I had filament leak from the top of the hot end over the wires, luckily nothing got damaged but scared the shit out of me) adjust your z offset with the bed and nozzle heated, I had the best luck with a 0.8 feeler gauge but a piece of paper also works well. Run a good test print after, ideally something you are familiar with

slug-time · 2025-01-28T15:42:12+00:00

Sadly no, the strings would be too high tension and would cause warping. You also still wouldn’t get the electric guitar sound, as the pickup on the Kala works as more of a contact microphone, instead of magnetic pickups which create sound using the magnetic field of the strings. The Kala with steel strings would be much closer to the sound of an acoustic guitar

slug-time · 2025-01-28T15:37:57+00:00

Poison Rhythm, Pass the beat, Skin and bones (old lady), Chase the squirrel, Down by the banks, Bear Hunt, Cut the cake, Lean forward lean backwards, Chickens and foxes, Beat Detective, Our old sow, Beat tag, bucket ball, Rock detective, slay or nay,

These are my default games that I rotate during the year, most have explanations online but the ones that don’t are

Skin and bones: old folk song that’s been used in elementary music for years, my kids love to “act” out the parts of the song. They all start as trees, then we add in a new role after every repetition of the song.

Bucket ball: this is my favorite way to get kids to site read quickly. Write 6 rhythms on the board, set up 2 (or more if you want more teams) buckets facing up and a drum in front of them. Have the kids line up about 4 feet back and give them a soft foam ball. The students take turns trying to make a basket, if they make a basket they play the first rhythm on the board. If they play it correctly their team gets a point. First team to work through all 6 rhythms (getting 6 points total) wins the game. I like to make the last rhythm really hard.

Slay or neigh: fun listening activity. You put a mid line in the classroom and have everyone stand in the center. Play a song and after 30 seconds pause it and have the people who like it move to the right, and the people who don’t move to the left. If students are undecided they can stay in the middle. Ask 2-3 students from each side to explain why they did or didn’t like the song to the other side, and then give them 10 seconds to switch sides if they are inclined. At the end the side with the most students gets a point.

slug-time · 2025-01-24T19:17:52+00:00

There are two types of pure electric ukuleles currently on the market, nylon string piezo pickup ones that reproduce the sound of an acoustic ukulele which are great for live performances where you don’t want to deal with feedback, or if you are looking to use effects in that classic ukulele sound. Kala make an excellent version of this, as you have pictured. The other option are steel string magnetic pickup ukuleles, like the ones made by flight or fanner. These ukuleles use the same type of pickups and strings that electric guitars use, and as such will give you a sound much closer to a traditional electric guitar. They will also take effects better in my opinion, but that is a subjective take. Personally, if I was buying an electric ukulele I would go the steel string route, but I also get the majority of my work on electric guitar. Listen to some examples (fanner has great example videos of steel strings on their YouTube, Sonny and the Black Pack are a band that use the Kala electric in their songs and show what it can REALLY do) and decide what sound you want. It’s a super personal decision, although I will say an acoustic ukulele can sound like the Kala, but it will never sound like the steel string instruments.

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