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analog31yesterday at 3:56 PM1 replyview on HN

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

Disclosure: String player.


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shermantanktopyesterday at 8:29 PM

And the thicker strings sound a bit different as well.

And the fingering for a given melody may just lay across the strings better one way than another.