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@lisadmh – Not at all. I’m loving learning Jenny of Oldstones on the guitalele, Tiffany is still working on When I’m 64, and we are still working on the harmonies for because (although that is taking a whole lot longer than I expected).
@kanae926 – I’m the same. I need to take those courses very very slowly or I get overwhelmed. I’m better off learning the songs that I want to learn and referring back to the courses from time to time. That’s why I quickly stopped doing 1 on 1 lessons. It just made me feel bad about myself.You’ll get there Becky. It just takes time. It wasn’t that long ago that I was struggling to get any sound at all with natural harmonics and now I’m trying to pick out a melody entirely with artificial harmonics!
Well, this is just off the top of my head but as you don’t want to mess up the finish (quite sensibly), you might want to think about putting something over it. Have you tried masking tape, either on the neck or on your thumb? I have no idea if it would work, but it’s what I would try.
So I’ve my head around the time signatures and I’m working on the artificial harmonics. This arrangement is actually kind of brilliant.
@jinajupiter – The number of takes varies. I used to to a lot of takes, but I’ve realised that after about 3 takes I start sabotaging myself, so I’ve started to try to record a few days before the deadline and if it’s not working after 3 takes then I just stop and try again the next day.
I agree with Becky that the buzzing on the G string is probably due to problems with fretting rather than the nut, but it’s hard to say without playing it. FWIW, I also have trouble playing tenors. Concerts are much more comfortable. In Jina’s case, I have no idea what is causing the buzz, but I don’t think filing the nut would help. As far as I know, buzzing at the nut is usually caused by the nut slot being too wide, not too narrow. If it is too narrow, the string will sit high, which will affect things like intonation, but it shouldn’t cause buzzing.
Re fret ends sticking out, if you live in a cold/dry climate, you should humidify your ukes and condition your fret boards religiously. When I bought my expensive uke (the light coloured one that I play in most challenges), I bought a humidifier to go with it before discovering that my climate is right in the butter zone so I’ve never needed to use it. My hygrometer is currently sitting next to my guitalele stand, and it is reading 49%.
I have read that. I bought it from the local music shop before reading that sort of thing. It seems to do a reasonable job, though. Next time I buy products, I’ll check out the Music Nomads products, but I might as well use up what I’ve got.
The body isn’t too bad but the bridge and fretboard are dry. I’m going to stick some lemon oil on them when I change the strings, but I have to order strings first.
