mr79
Well-known member
Hey up, and happy new year to everyone!
For Christmas I was lucky enough to get a Gretsch guitalele... I love it! It sounds so nice, but it's definitely thrown down a gauntlet to my musical ability.
The question I've got, which I haven't found an answer to: with it being tuned ADGCEA, a fourth higher than guitar, is it better for me to play direct guitar chords on it and accept that what I hear is a fourth higher (so I play a 'C' chord but hear an 'F'), or would it be better for me to treat the guitalele as a separate instrument in its own right and transpose (rename all the chords on my chord chart, let my brain get used to a C being called an F)?
I would one day like to learn guitar too, and I guess I'm thinking that transposing is going to muddy the waters further down the line... but having the chords come out different to the one I play is foxing me too.
I realise this is probably a 'personal choice' kinda thing, but wondered if anyone could throw some knowledgeable reasoning on this here musical amateur...
Cheers!
For Christmas I was lucky enough to get a Gretsch guitalele... I love it! It sounds so nice, but it's definitely thrown down a gauntlet to my musical ability.
The question I've got, which I haven't found an answer to: with it being tuned ADGCEA, a fourth higher than guitar, is it better for me to play direct guitar chords on it and accept that what I hear is a fourth higher (so I play a 'C' chord but hear an 'F'), or would it be better for me to treat the guitalele as a separate instrument in its own right and transpose (rename all the chords on my chord chart, let my brain get used to a C being called an F)?
I would one day like to learn guitar too, and I guess I'm thinking that transposing is going to muddy the waters further down the line... but having the chords come out different to the one I play is foxing me too.
I realise this is probably a 'personal choice' kinda thing, but wondered if anyone could throw some knowledgeable reasoning on this here musical amateur...
Cheers!