Lately I've been working on learning to play traditional grip, and I'm starting to wonder if I should continue, or just take the lesson learned and apply it to my match grip playing.
When playing match grip, my right hand teaches my left, and my left hand always struggles to duplicate what my right hand plays. I'm sure everyone can relate to that.
When I started working on trad grip, I immediately realized that I needed to change my right hand grip to get a reasonably balanced sound. Just as I expected, my playing was more relaxed and fluid using trad grip, it was a lot easier to play quietly and, somehow, my playing seems more musical.
Then I realized that changing my right hand grip had a lot to do with it. In this exercise, it's the left hand that;s teaching the right hand what to do. If I use that new right-hand grip for both hands, my match grip playing is improved. So I have the solution, right?
The problem is... five minutes after I start playing matched grip, I lose that feel, and I'm right back where I started. Stiff, heavy, overly symmetrical
So now I'm wondering, do I just need to be more mindful when playing matched, or continue developing the trad grip? Part of me thinks I should practice trad and play matched.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? If so, what did you end up doing?
When playing match grip, my right hand teaches my left, and my left hand always struggles to duplicate what my right hand plays. I'm sure everyone can relate to that.
When I started working on trad grip, I immediately realized that I needed to change my right hand grip to get a reasonably balanced sound. Just as I expected, my playing was more relaxed and fluid using trad grip, it was a lot easier to play quietly and, somehow, my playing seems more musical.
Then I realized that changing my right hand grip had a lot to do with it. In this exercise, it's the left hand that;s teaching the right hand what to do. If I use that new right-hand grip for both hands, my match grip playing is improved. So I have the solution, right?
The problem is... five minutes after I start playing matched grip, I lose that feel, and I'm right back where I started. Stiff, heavy, overly symmetrical
So now I'm wondering, do I just need to be more mindful when playing matched, or continue developing the trad grip? Part of me thinks I should practice trad and play matched.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? If so, what did you end up doing?