hi guys, It's been a while since I wrote on this forum. I'm a long time soprano player, and I love the sound and "smallness" of it.
I've never felt the need to "go bigger", but in the last weeks I'm arranging songs with some singers, and using a lot of upper chords and melody I'm starting to feel a bit "chained" inside the small neck of a soprano.
I'm looking for a concert or a tenor, but I have one question that I can't answer myself, because there aren't shops with many ukes where I live, so I must buy it online:
is possible, with a Concert or a Tenor, to play standing on and without a strap?
usually, when I see Tenor players, they use a strap while standing. the few videos I've seen of, for example, Cliff Edwards standing with a tenor, he was playing only with his thumb, holding the uke with the other fingers.
I play a lot of arpeggios and chord melody, and I usually only use my pinky as the "holder", while the other fingers pick.
in my mind a Concert would be better, but I don't want to buy one and then find out that the neck is not that comfortable and I should have bought a Tenor.
however I don't want to buy a Tenor and then have to play it with a strap or sitting, because it's too heavy or uncomfortable to be hold without the arm.
any help?
I've never felt the need to "go bigger", but in the last weeks I'm arranging songs with some singers, and using a lot of upper chords and melody I'm starting to feel a bit "chained" inside the small neck of a soprano.
I'm looking for a concert or a tenor, but I have one question that I can't answer myself, because there aren't shops with many ukes where I live, so I must buy it online:
is possible, with a Concert or a Tenor, to play standing on and without a strap?
usually, when I see Tenor players, they use a strap while standing. the few videos I've seen of, for example, Cliff Edwards standing with a tenor, he was playing only with his thumb, holding the uke with the other fingers.
I play a lot of arpeggios and chord melody, and I usually only use my pinky as the "holder", while the other fingers pick.
in my mind a Concert would be better, but I don't want to buy one and then find out that the neck is not that comfortable and I should have bought a Tenor.
however I don't want to buy a Tenor and then have to play it with a strap or sitting, because it's too heavy or uncomfortable to be hold without the arm.
any help?