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Thread #103834 Message #2121344
Posted By: Songster Bob
07-Aug-07 - 11:04 PM
Thread Name: Tapering necks on string instruments
Subject: RE: Tapering necks on string instruments
"From a fiddle players point of view, the taper gives the player a chance to play only one string at a time instead of having to play chords."
Actually, someone upthread said that the arch of a fiddle bridge was to allow playing chords. In fact, it's to make playing single notes possible. You have to work to play two strings at once. Bowing a guitar and getting single strings is a hell of a lot harder (and the rosin plays hell with your picking fingers, too).