don_b
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When I'm thumb strumming and thumb picking and double strumming, and doing pretty much any kind of attack on my strings, I am always aiming for where the body meets the neck, which on my tenor is probably around fret 14-15. I do this because I've understood that this the preferred place to attack the uke strings as it's a kind of sweet spot.
I was just watching a couple Honoka and Azita videos and I noticed that they both thumb pick much closer to the soundhole, with their thumbs just about at the sound hole. This is a difference of a few inches from where I'm typically thumb-picking.
I also notice that they return to the area that I understand to be the sweet spot when they thumb strum. And it seems like the decision is strategic.
I was also watching a James Hill video of where he performs Here Comes the Rain Again, and there were obvious strategies at play for how far up the scale his attack hand hit the strings. For example he thumb strummed in the sweet spot, but he did a downward strumb attacking with his nails over and over so far up the scale that his hand looked like it was hovering over the bridge.
Also watched an Ohta San video and he's thumb strumming like directly over the sound hole the whole time.
So I'm wondering what kind of strategies everybody has for attacking the strings in different ways. Are their some attacks you always perform directly over the soundhole or something? Why?
I was just watching a couple Honoka and Azita videos and I noticed that they both thumb pick much closer to the soundhole, with their thumbs just about at the sound hole. This is a difference of a few inches from where I'm typically thumb-picking.
I also notice that they return to the area that I understand to be the sweet spot when they thumb strum. And it seems like the decision is strategic.
I was also watching a James Hill video of where he performs Here Comes the Rain Again, and there were obvious strategies at play for how far up the scale his attack hand hit the strings. For example he thumb strummed in the sweet spot, but he did a downward strumb attacking with his nails over and over so far up the scale that his hand looked like it was hovering over the bridge.
Also watched an Ohta San video and he's thumb strumming like directly over the sound hole the whole time.
So I'm wondering what kind of strategies everybody has for attacking the strings in different ways. Are their some attacks you always perform directly over the soundhole or something? Why?
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