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Re: Guitar right-hand fingering
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Re: Guitar right-hand fingering |
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Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:32:01 +0100 |
On 17.03.2015, at 11:24, Thomas Morley <address@hidden> wrote:
> 2015-03-17 11:00 GMT+01:00 Peter Bjuhr <address@hidden>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just noticed that in the documentation about right-hand fingerings in
>> the common notation for fretted strings: http://www.lilypond.org/doc/
>> v2.19/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-fretted-
>> strings#right_002dhand-fingerings the fifth finger isn't mentioned.
>>
>> I also tried|\rightHandFinger #5| and an 'x' was printed. As I understand
>> it 'x' is printed for all non supported numbers.
>
>
> No. 'x' _is_ the sign for the 5th finger in LilyPond
>
>
>> But although perhaps not so common the fifth finger is used (with the
>> letter 'c'):
>>
>> 1 = p = pulgar, 2 = i = índice, 3 = m = mayor, 4 = a =
>> anular, 5 = c = chiquito
>>
>
> I slightly disagree.
> In printed editions I've found: 'c', 'x', 'e' and even 'μ' (from a greek
> editor)
> LilyPond should default to the most common usage, imho.
>
> Though, I've no clue which that might be.
> Speaking only for me, I most often see 'x', but that's only me.
>
In some of my flamenco books “q” is used for the little finger (meñique).
Re: Guitar right-hand fingering, Marc Hohl, 2015/03/17