> Does that sound good to you? It usually doesn't to me. Practice using
> rest strokes wherever possible. After a while you should be able to
> get near the same angle with a free stroke. Also check your setup,
> maybe your octave string is too high.
The gage difference between the fundamental and the octave within a course
was much greater 400+ years ago. So nowadays bridge holes require a bit of
tampering to make up for that, since modern fundamentals are a good deal
thinner.
RT
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