luluwrites
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I'm struggling still with vocabulary, so if this isn't clear, please let me know.
I found a cheap baritone in my garage, got it strung by a guy who happens to be an accomplished luthier, and have been playing around with it.
I expected it to be more difficult to play because of the distance between the frets. I can bar with my index and stretch about seven frets on my soprano and expected to be able to do two or three on the bari. That turned out to be true.
What I didn't expect was how much more force would be needed to make chords sound right. I have to press really hard on the strings to make a G chord sing, for example.
My question is: Do I need to use a lot of extra pressure because this is a baritone or because the baritone I am playing is a not-so-great instrument?
My ten year old daughter wants to take up the baritone and I'm willing to help her finance the purchase of a Mainland if the answer is that a better baritone will not require such effort, but if the answer is that baritones simply take stronger finger/hand/wrist muscles, I will dissuade her.
Clear? Not clear?
Help!
and thanks in advance!
I found a cheap baritone in my garage, got it strung by a guy who happens to be an accomplished luthier, and have been playing around with it.
I expected it to be more difficult to play because of the distance between the frets. I can bar with my index and stretch about seven frets on my soprano and expected to be able to do two or three on the bari. That turned out to be true.
What I didn't expect was how much more force would be needed to make chords sound right. I have to press really hard on the strings to make a G chord sing, for example.
My question is: Do I need to use a lot of extra pressure because this is a baritone or because the baritone I am playing is a not-so-great instrument?
My ten year old daughter wants to take up the baritone and I'm willing to help her finance the purchase of a Mainland if the answer is that a better baritone will not require such effort, but if the answer is that baritones simply take stronger finger/hand/wrist muscles, I will dissuade her.
Clear? Not clear?
Help!
and thanks in advance!