Re: Open chords vs closed chords for chops n chucks
There are a couple of interview videos with Sierra Hull where she talks about literally crying as a little girl because "I'll never be able to make a four-finger G chord!" Of course she finally figured it out, but given how small her hands are I'll bet she used some modifications along the way.
One thing to note is that Sierra spends a good bit of time playing the octave mandolin, on which the G-chop chord is pretty much impossible for a lot of players. OM players (like me) use pinky mutes, palm mutes, or whatever works for our long scale instruments. Of course open chords sound so nice on the OM that I try not to mute at all most of the time.
-- Johnson MA-100 Mando
-- Eastman MDO-305 OM
-- 3 Seagull Merlin dulcimers (2GDG, 1DAD)
-- 1952 Harmony Roy Smeck guitar
-- Ortega Lizzie Ubass
-- Leigh Campbell electric violin
-- Pfretzschner violin
-- Glaesel viola
-- Ibanez acoustic/electric guitar
-- Misc: a cello, 2 cigarbox guitars, charango, djembe, slide dulcimer.
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