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Ukulele practice has been going well for the most part.  It has been a busy last few weeks and so it has been a bit of a struggle finding time to practice as much as I should, but I have done my best.  I am feeling more confident with my final product of “You Are My Sunshine,” and the strumming pattern has been getting better.  That is still definitely the trickiest part of playing the song for me, but the more I practice, the easier it is getting.  For some reason it is the second verse that is throwing me off the strumming pattern because the lyrics don’t match the chords the same way as in verse one and so it throws me off every time.  If I slow down and really concentrate I can do it, but it still isn’t as smooth as I would like it to be.  I have started learning the extra chords for my second song, getting ready to start learning it this week.  I am a little farther behind in learning the strumming pattern for “I’m Yours” as it has taken me longer to feel comfortable with “You Are My Sunshine” than I thought it would.  In this next week my goal is to get the chords and strumming pattern down for I’m Yours and then start putting them together.