millenniumtree
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OK, so I started off playing Bass - got really into funk/soul music, then since you can't reasonably play a whole song on a bass... I hit a roadblock and it went in the closet for 5 years.
So now my wife and I have bought ukuleles. She has a tenor and a concert, I have a concert and baritone, which I promptly re-strung as low-g GCEA so we can learn together.
We've been playing for several months now and I'm gaining proficiency, but I want to add a little more 'thump' to my instrument.
Low-G (G3 C4 E4 A4) is nice, but I was playing around with tuning it down a whole octave (G2 C3 E3 A3). It's rather interesting, but I've lost the brightness, and it's next to worthless for doing the solo melodies I also like. Part of the problem of course is the very low string tension which reduces volume a lot.
What I'm considering now is a compromise (G2 C3 E4 A4)
G is now an octave lower than low-g and 2 lower than re-entrant.
C is also an octave lower
but E and A are the same
I've ordered 7 different diameters of Worth fluorocarbon strings to see what I can come up with.
I'm curious to know if anyone else has done some experiments like this.
So now my wife and I have bought ukuleles. She has a tenor and a concert, I have a concert and baritone, which I promptly re-strung as low-g GCEA so we can learn together.
We've been playing for several months now and I'm gaining proficiency, but I want to add a little more 'thump' to my instrument.
Low-G (G3 C4 E4 A4) is nice, but I was playing around with tuning it down a whole octave (G2 C3 E3 A3). It's rather interesting, but I've lost the brightness, and it's next to worthless for doing the solo melodies I also like. Part of the problem of course is the very low string tension which reduces volume a lot.
What I'm considering now is a compromise (G2 C3 E4 A4)
G is now an octave lower than low-g and 2 lower than re-entrant.
C is also an octave lower
but E and A are the same
I've ordered 7 different diameters of Worth fluorocarbon strings to see what I can come up with.
I'm curious to know if anyone else has done some experiments like this.