Hello everyone. I covered on this topic lightly before but would like to get more detailed now. Currently, I am a baritone only player.
My style of play is flatpicking Irish, Celtic, early music, and fiddle tunes. I really love this music and find the playing both challenging and rewarding. This stems from my guitar playing and now to my baritone ukulele playing. There is a ton of great material out there for ukulele in this style of play.
Very recently I tried my son's concert scale (linear tuning) for this style and immediately love it! The higher pitch sounded much more lively and energetic. I don't want to say it reminded me of a mandolin, but it kinda did. The timbre was right there and I really liked it.
So, the hunt for another instrument begins. My question is regarding the transition from concert to soprano. As mentioned, I've been using baritone scale for this style of play, which is not too far off from guitar, however the feel of the concert scale was a bit more drastic. Though I did manage fine with it, but don't know how I would fare on a soprano scale. I mean, the soprano scale is similar to a mandolin so I know it can done. Players use mandolin for this style of play quite often.
There seems to be more soprano scale instruments in my area over concert scale. Sure, I can test drive in the stores but I believe one doesn't get to know an instrument until they spend hours, even days with it. I would love to hear your experiences of moving from concert scale to soprano scale and how you think my style of playing might be affected before I begin my shopping journey. Thanks!
My style of play is flatpicking Irish, Celtic, early music, and fiddle tunes. I really love this music and find the playing both challenging and rewarding. This stems from my guitar playing and now to my baritone ukulele playing. There is a ton of great material out there for ukulele in this style of play.
Very recently I tried my son's concert scale (linear tuning) for this style and immediately love it! The higher pitch sounded much more lively and energetic. I don't want to say it reminded me of a mandolin, but it kinda did. The timbre was right there and I really liked it.
So, the hunt for another instrument begins. My question is regarding the transition from concert to soprano. As mentioned, I've been using baritone scale for this style of play, which is not too far off from guitar, however the feel of the concert scale was a bit more drastic. Though I did manage fine with it, but don't know how I would fare on a soprano scale. I mean, the soprano scale is similar to a mandolin so I know it can done. Players use mandolin for this style of play quite often.
There seems to be more soprano scale instruments in my area over concert scale. Sure, I can test drive in the stores but I believe one doesn't get to know an instrument until they spend hours, even days with it. I would love to hear your experiences of moving from concert scale to soprano scale and how you think my style of playing might be affected before I begin my shopping journey. Thanks!