I'm trying to make some use out of a couple of instruments that I've had for decades that usually sit untouched. So last night I restrung my tiple for the first time in years, and tonight I sat for an hour playing it. And right now the fingertips of my left hand are like raw meat. The strings require so much pressure to make a chord compared to any of my ukuleles, even though my tiple has a low action. I'm torn between playing for another half hour, and waiting till tomorrow to see if I get blisters. So I'm compromising -- I'm typing online for a while, and then I'll play some more.
I wonder whose idea it was that a tiple was going to be a ukulele alternative. On uke, no matter how much I play I never develop calluses. I can strum with the meat of my thumb or the nail of my pinky, no problem. But 10 metal strings, that's a whole nuther beast.
I wonder whose idea it was that a tiple was going to be a ukulele alternative. On uke, no matter how much I play I never develop calluses. I can strum with the meat of my thumb or the nail of my pinky, no problem. But 10 metal strings, that's a whole nuther beast.