Griffis
Well-known member
It's odd. I love this instrument so much, in its many iterations. I've owned numerous sopranos, concerts, baritones, banjo ukes, and resonator ukes over the years. (Still hope to try a taropatch someday.)
But in my 16-17 years of uking, I've only owned 3 or 4 tenors, and I never keep them.
I know this isn't a real problem, and understand why tenors are some people's preferred scale, but for some reason it is the only size uke that doesn't grab me.
Typically I find at least a little something to love about any uke, but for some reason no tenor I've ever owned or played--and I've played some nice ones--really grabs me.
I end up with a "meh" feeling, like I miss the smaller soprano and concert scales, but also feel like "why am I not just playing a baritone?"
I'm certainly not a hater! Don't mean this to be an anti-tenor uke thread. As I say, I understand why the tenor is the uke of choice for some, or in regular rotation in their uke stable.
I just find it odd that something about that particular size uke leaves me flat.
But in my 16-17 years of uking, I've only owned 3 or 4 tenors, and I never keep them.
I know this isn't a real problem, and understand why tenors are some people's preferred scale, but for some reason it is the only size uke that doesn't grab me.
Typically I find at least a little something to love about any uke, but for some reason no tenor I've ever owned or played--and I've played some nice ones--really grabs me.
I end up with a "meh" feeling, like I miss the smaller soprano and concert scales, but also feel like "why am I not just playing a baritone?"
I'm certainly not a hater! Don't mean this to be an anti-tenor uke thread. As I say, I understand why the tenor is the uke of choice for some, or in regular rotation in their uke stable.
I just find it odd that something about that particular size uke leaves me flat.