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I finally did it. I changed my viola strings. No ridge popping! I get so stressed changing strings.
I will be ready to with serious playing after they settle down.
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Cool. I played Memory after I changed the viola strings. When I went into the kitchen, my husband asked what that was, and if I was playing my violin. I told him it was Memory on my viola. He said, "That sounded darn nice!" Cool. I did not know he was listening. I thought he was still at the computer with his headset on watching a semi-local farmer's YouTube channel.
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I was going to give my viola another go tonight, but I decided to let the strings rest. I would have to keep tuning them while playing. I did tune them.
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Something stuck in my mind about strings settling in... from Joe Walsh (Eagles guitarist) - of all people. 🤭
After he installs new guitar strings, he manually stretches them - pulls 1 string (at a time) up away from the fingerboard several times, then retunes. If I remember right, he does this 2 or 3 times.
I wouldn't do it to the E string, but I have done it to the others & seemed it helped speed up tuning stability. Now I use Rondos - I do pluck them hard a few times, but they basically take no time to settle.
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