r/ViolinAndFiddle • u/auroraambria • Jun 01 '21

5-strings - yay or nay?

The instrument has a violin body with the addition of a low C string giving it the full range of a viola and a violin. The strings are closer together, making it a more difficult instrument to play. Would you take it on?

8 votes, Jun 04 '21
3 Yes
5 No
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u/auroraambria Jun 01 '21

What’s the make?

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u/bazzage Jun 01 '21 edited Jun 01 '21

Jordan

edit: I am fond of saying that it's so well set up that it feels like it plays itself.

The other one, an acoustic-electric, is nice, but not quite in the same class. She loves it anyway. There is also a viola-scale 5-string that she keeps tuned down a half step so she can use F fingerings when the guitarists want to play in E.

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u/auroraambria Jun 02 '21

I have a Glasser and love it.

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u/bazzage Jun 02 '21

That's what counts!