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KuSpayesterday at 3:52 PM1 replyview on HN

This is why string instrument players sometimes prefer to play a note not on the empty string (let's say play a A on the A-string on a cello), but instead on a lower string (e.g. first finger, fourth position on the lower D string) to accord for these imperfections. As a string instrumemt player, you pretty much only have to worry about these notes on empty strings, every other note you can "wiggle into place".


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analog31yesterday at 3:56 PM

Indeed, and another factor is that a fingered note has a different tone quality.

Disclosure: String player.

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