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Fingerboard extension
Hi
I almost systematically see high end professional mandolins with a fingerboard extension to the 27th fret (high g). How essential is this extension when playing classical extension? Or would a high e do the job?
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Re: Fingerboard extension
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Re: Fingerboard extension
Notated compositions to e'''' aren't uncommon; to a'''' (29) exist but are rare. Someplace, I think somebody once notated a b'''' (I'd need to go digging to remind myself), but that's just silly. I'm very commonly playing to a''' (17) or b''' (19), sometimes to e'''' (24). If I bother with a'''', it's usually for comedic effect (not notated) in improvisationally noodling (badly) around a coda in the key of A (or A minor). I suppose it depends upon how likely you are to want to play such repertoire along with how strong your desire is to generate a relatively well-defined pitch at such a range (you can approximate without frets as well, of course).
Last edited by Eugene; Oct-07-2021 at 2:33pm.
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