Swamp Yankee
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I’ve noticed something about my playing that makes me wonder how to go forward.
I like to play moderately complex songs, strummed, and at a faster Ragtime beat. I do a lot of muting with the fretting hand so as to limit sustain and I’m happy enough with that.
My problem is that my left hand doesn’t always keep up with my strumming hand. This actually works nicely with quite a few chords that essentially become subtle hammer ons, but I wonder if this tiny open string pause between chords is something that most players seek to overcome or just consider it part of the nature of ukuleles.... like the squeak of steel strings is just part of playing an acoustic guitar.
If I need to overcome it, should I look to speed up my chording, or modify the strum to limit the sounding of open strings between chords?
I know: both... but I guess I’m not sure if it’s really a problem at all.. I just noticed it the other night after some particularly potent bud.
I like to play moderately complex songs, strummed, and at a faster Ragtime beat. I do a lot of muting with the fretting hand so as to limit sustain and I’m happy enough with that.
My problem is that my left hand doesn’t always keep up with my strumming hand. This actually works nicely with quite a few chords that essentially become subtle hammer ons, but I wonder if this tiny open string pause between chords is something that most players seek to overcome or just consider it part of the nature of ukuleles.... like the squeak of steel strings is just part of playing an acoustic guitar.
If I need to overcome it, should I look to speed up my chording, or modify the strum to limit the sounding of open strings between chords?
I know: both... but I guess I’m not sure if it’s really a problem at all.. I just noticed it the other night after some particularly potent bud.
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