Someone once said playing is hard enough, you don’t need to fight your instrument and she was right in saying that.
Why am I bringing this up you ask; glad you asked. Today was supposed to be a lazy Sunday with some chores and this and that. But the one thing I wanted to do was play even if it was for a little. Well a little was a lot today and found a whole bunch of other songs and charts to add to my arsenal of things to learn.
Now there are two songs that I am learning with bar chords. One has bar chords that bounce back and forth between the 6th and 4th fret. Hurts my hand but it is doable and as a long time player and coming back from a very long break I know I need to build the strength again.
Then comes a different song and one part requires you bar the 1st fret while you hold down the 3rd fret on the first string. Well even if I just focus on barring it I can’t can’t the 2nd string to ring out.
Now I am NOT asking for a chord alternative. Please read on you will see where I am going with this...soon. So to avoid frustration I decided to pull out my old faithful Taylor GS-Mini and play her a bit. But I was curious, so I did the same bar on the GS-Mini and it ran like an angel.
So what I am getting at is the bar chord issue the instrument model/brand or is the Ukulele no matter what you own will be just as challenging? That is the question here. Note I have a tenor Lohanu from Amazon which after Amazon points I paid $47 out of pocket out of $100.
Why am I bringing this up you ask; glad you asked. Today was supposed to be a lazy Sunday with some chores and this and that. But the one thing I wanted to do was play even if it was for a little. Well a little was a lot today and found a whole bunch of other songs and charts to add to my arsenal of things to learn.
Now there are two songs that I am learning with bar chords. One has bar chords that bounce back and forth between the 6th and 4th fret. Hurts my hand but it is doable and as a long time player and coming back from a very long break I know I need to build the strength again.
Then comes a different song and one part requires you bar the 1st fret while you hold down the 3rd fret on the first string. Well even if I just focus on barring it I can’t can’t the 2nd string to ring out.
Now I am NOT asking for a chord alternative. Please read on you will see where I am going with this...soon. So to avoid frustration I decided to pull out my old faithful Taylor GS-Mini and play her a bit. But I was curious, so I did the same bar on the GS-Mini and it ran like an angel.
So what I am getting at is the bar chord issue the instrument model/brand or is the Ukulele no matter what you own will be just as challenging? That is the question here. Note I have a tenor Lohanu from Amazon which after Amazon points I paid $47 out of pocket out of $100.