chikon2000
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A few months ago I took up the low G tenor after playing soprano exclusively for a couple of years. Although perhaps not surprising in hindsight, the transition turned out to entail a steeper learning curve than I had expected. Still, the effort has been worthwhile, since tenor is better suited to my music. I take the soprano with me when I travel, though, due to its size and because it is a laminate. I recently returned from a 3 week trip to Cali, which gave us the opportunity to get reacquainted. I found that I missed the soprano's casual portability (a guy on the subway carried one on the train without a case, and proceeded to play for his friends) and the fact that my not so large fingers can stretch across 5 frets, a la Jimi Hendrix (without the talent). What surprised me most, though, is that I missed the soprano's fairly relaxed string tension, since that was what made the ukulele such an approachable instrument when I was first took it up. Michael