OldePhart
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...As in multiple types of instruments, not just multiple ukes.
There was a thread a while back on the "one uke" theory and there is probably a lot of validity to what was said there. But tonight I've been playing my guitars in preparation to lead our band on the 9th while our worship pastor is out of town and it hit me, I've been playing several instruments for years and every time I pick up a new instrument it makes me a better musician...and it shows up in the other instruments I play.
For years I played mostly acoustic guitar. I played a little electric but but wasn't really comfortable playing electric rhythm because I couldn't "think fast enough" to "transpose" chords to barre positions on the fly.
Then, our band ended up with three guitar players and no bass so I volunteered to switch to bass "until we could find a bass player." I discovered two things 1) I really liked playing bass and 2) I learned all about "the box" and one day I realized that the box could be applied to playing barre chords on electric guitar. Suddenly, playing electric rhythm was no big deal.
Then I picked up the uke, barely touched my guitars for the last two years (actually, I'd barely touched them since I switched to bass about four years ago).
This week I've blown the dust off the guitar cases and discovered to my delight that I haven't forgotten how to play...but tonight I also noticed that my arpeggios are much, much nicer than they were before. I realized I've been doing a lot of that on the uke and it has obviously paid off. It's not that I couldn't have improved my arpeggios playing just guitar, but I probably just wouldn't have.
So, now I just need a violin, a cello, and a double bass...
John
There was a thread a while back on the "one uke" theory and there is probably a lot of validity to what was said there. But tonight I've been playing my guitars in preparation to lead our band on the 9th while our worship pastor is out of town and it hit me, I've been playing several instruments for years and every time I pick up a new instrument it makes me a better musician...and it shows up in the other instruments I play.
For years I played mostly acoustic guitar. I played a little electric but but wasn't really comfortable playing electric rhythm because I couldn't "think fast enough" to "transpose" chords to barre positions on the fly.
Then, our band ended up with three guitar players and no bass so I volunteered to switch to bass "until we could find a bass player." I discovered two things 1) I really liked playing bass and 2) I learned all about "the box" and one day I realized that the box could be applied to playing barre chords on electric guitar. Suddenly, playing electric rhythm was no big deal.
Then I picked up the uke, barely touched my guitars for the last two years (actually, I'd barely touched them since I switched to bass about four years ago).
This week I've blown the dust off the guitar cases and discovered to my delight that I haven't forgotten how to play...but tonight I also noticed that my arpeggios are much, much nicer than they were before. I realized I've been doing a lot of that on the uke and it has obviously paid off. It's not that I couldn't have improved my arpeggios playing just guitar, but I probably just wouldn't have.
So, now I just need a violin, a cello, and a double bass...
John