Down Up Dick
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I wonder if there's ever been a fretless ukulele . . .
Violins don't have frets, and some string basses don't. I think there are guitars without frets. And there are lots of folk instruments without frets.
Trombones, though not usually string instruments, don't have markings or anything to tell one where his/her note is, one just has to "hear" where the note is.
When beginners on the above instruments are learning, I guess they just have to learn to hear where the notes are. But, once they learn, it might be easier and more convenient to be without frets.
Without frets we'd have no buzzing, and one could correct the tuning of notes on the fly. Perhaps all the added tricks like hammer ones and slides would be easy-peasy.
I was just sitting here in my morning fog, pouring coffee down, and the thought came to me. Somethin' to think about anyway . . .
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Violins don't have frets, and some string basses don't. I think there are guitars without frets. And there are lots of folk instruments without frets.
Trombones, though not usually string instruments, don't have markings or anything to tell one where his/her note is, one just has to "hear" where the note is.
When beginners on the above instruments are learning, I guess they just have to learn to hear where the notes are. But, once they learn, it might be easier and more convenient to be without frets.
Without frets we'd have no buzzing, and one could correct the tuning of notes on the fly. Perhaps all the added tricks like hammer ones and slides would be easy-peasy.
I was just sitting here in my morning fog, pouring coffee down, and the thought came to me. Somethin' to think about anyway . . .
ld: