Strumaround
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It's amazing how much difference a few mm make to playablity. My fingers are clearly happier with wider fretboards (38mm at the nut) and I'm resigned to that. But with bigger hands and longer (although not too fat) fingers, I know that narrower fretboards are less forgiving for me.
However, I have a baritone uke that I love with a narrower fretboard. Aside from the slightly cramped A (bari/guitar) chord, I find that the biggest issue is my finger slipping the E string off the fretboard. In general, but also when hammering on and off that string. (More rarely, I find it harder to get clean chords, with my fingers sometimes 'dampening' adjoining strings, if I'm not careful).
I wondered if anyone had any suggestions about my technique that would help me to improve my playability on a narrower fretboard. So far I've been focussing on keeping my thumb pressed behind the fretboard and ensuring that I am using the tips of my fingers as much as possible, to avoid touching multiple strings and so on.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
However, I have a baritone uke that I love with a narrower fretboard. Aside from the slightly cramped A (bari/guitar) chord, I find that the biggest issue is my finger slipping the E string off the fretboard. In general, but also when hammering on and off that string. (More rarely, I find it harder to get clean chords, with my fingers sometimes 'dampening' adjoining strings, if I'm not careful).
I wondered if anyone had any suggestions about my technique that would help me to improve my playability on a narrower fretboard. So far I've been focussing on keeping my thumb pressed behind the fretboard and ensuring that I am using the tips of my fingers as much as possible, to avoid touching multiple strings and so on.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.