Maybe it's just if you strum chords in the first position?seems like it would complicate fingerings
Maybe it's just if you strum chords in the first position?
There's a long history of these with ukes. Check out the patent drawings at
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It looks to me that each button presses down on only one string. You still have to finger the chords in pretty much the same way. The advantage is that the force is spread over the entire area of the button, not just the much smaller area of the string under the finger. Do a search and look at the chord diagrams.Unless there's some sort of mechanical advantage in the mechanism, I don't know if pushing one point with the force needed to fret 3 strings is better than splitting the work between three fingers.
I think so? It kinda reminds me of an autoharp -- press these keys with one hand, strum with the other.
Like, I can imagine holding it in your lap, again, like an autoharp.
Arthur Godfrey sold some of these for ukulele back in the 50s, too. I'll see if I can find some pictures. They still show up for sale pretty regularly....