Re: Guitar right-hand fingering

[Marc Hohl]

Am 17.03.2015 um 11:24 schrieb Thomas Morley:
> 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.

I can confirm that, 'x' is used in scores. I think I saw 'n' once, but I 
am not sure.
Gould however claims that the fifth finger is normally not used at all ;-)

Marc
> Though, I've no clue which that might be.
> Speaking only for me, I most often see 'x', but that's only me.
>
>
> Cheers,
>    Harm
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