They say that there are no stupid questions, which I generally take as a challenge:
Typically I play soprano. I have one concert, a Kiwaya, which is lovely but the longer scale makes it difficult for me to stretch my fingers and quickly form, say, an Fm chord. It's not a huge problem and I expect that I shall improve with time, but this has always been my primary concern with tenor scale instruments, the thought that the extra length will require me to stretch my little finger further out than it usually goes. When I bend my little finger it curls inward, pointing across the palm towards the base of the thumb, which means that on the concert uke I sometimes end up having to use the side of the finger rather than the pad to press down on the string.
After that preamble, all I'm wondering is whether tenor instruments will invariably be alike in terms of stretching to form chords. It seems as though they should be, simply based on the numbers, but I thought I'd ask more experienced members here if there are other factors which may make a difference.
Typically I play soprano. I have one concert, a Kiwaya, which is lovely but the longer scale makes it difficult for me to stretch my fingers and quickly form, say, an Fm chord. It's not a huge problem and I expect that I shall improve with time, but this has always been my primary concern with tenor scale instruments, the thought that the extra length will require me to stretch my little finger further out than it usually goes. When I bend my little finger it curls inward, pointing across the palm towards the base of the thumb, which means that on the concert uke I sometimes end up having to use the side of the finger rather than the pad to press down on the string.
After that preamble, all I'm wondering is whether tenor instruments will invariably be alike in terms of stretching to form chords. It seems as though they should be, simply based on the numbers, but I thought I'd ask more experienced members here if there are other factors which may make a difference.