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I’m better on the uke
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One has to start somewhere! You know if you CAPO up about the fifth fret and play the high 4 strings, you have a uke. GCEA. Keep at it. Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first. I appreciate your perseverance.
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I did not not know that… one day when I have a capo I will try that.
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I still sound sort of like this myself, and I’ve been TAC-ing since July last year. I don’t have a uke, but I have a mandolin. I’m not any better on it, actually just started messing with it.
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I want a mandolin! BUT… I need to get better at guitar before taking on a new instrument. LOL
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I know, right? That’s why I’m not fiddling with it every day. Got to keep my focus on the guitar. The mando is fun though, such a cool sound. I bought is specifically to play the mandolin parts in “Losing My Religion” and I looked at some videos and thought: that doesn’t look terribly hard.
Then as I was going through it and trying to rehearse the parts, darn…if there isn’t a very difficult reach on one of the chords. It’s such a tiny instrument (frets are less than 3/4 inches) and I’m a grown man with fairly large hands but it was giving me some trouble so I’ve set it aside.
I just pulled it out again and tried it, have to reach from the bottom E string on the first fret to the top G string on the 5th fret with my ring finger. I actually can do it now, it’s not comfortable but all this stretch work with TAC is paying dividends. Yay!
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Yay! I am happy for you that your fingers can stretch there now… lol. Its so frustrating not being able to stretch the fingers far enough! My hands are smaller, so I don’t think I would have a huge issue with fretting but I am still working on the finger stretching.. Another 6 months and I might invest in one. 🙂
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Kudos to you for posting your beginnings! Please come back and do this in about 3 months. I would love to see your progress. I think you will surprise yourself! Keep on keepin on!
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Keep moving forward, consistency is the name of the game. Thank you for sharing and hope to see more.
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