A few weeks ago I got a REALLY CHEAP soprano ukulele off of Amazon and the Aquila nylon strings for tuning a ukulele in 5ths. I keep this downstairs by my couch, and while watching TV with my wife I’ll practice scales, open chords, double stops, fiddle tunes, and even make an attempt at chop chords. Classic woodshedding.
Other than the chop chords, I have been steadily improving. On the ukulele.
When I go upstairs to my office and grab my mandolin none of the improvement materializes. My fingers are as awkward and my tone is as harsh & amateurish as they ever were.
Has anyone else tried using a tuned in 5ths ukulele as a dummy mandolin, and if so did your “real” mandolin playing suffer?
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