Carl Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu> writes: > On 1/16/18, 11:08 PM, "francisperea" <fran...@francisperea.org> wrote: > > <quote author="Carl Sorensen-3" > Interestingly enough, if I understand it right, string 1 is topmost for > both > left-handed and right-handed guitars. So it seems to me that > stringOneTopmost is probably not the right property to use. > </quote> > > In fact string 1 is in all cases the bottommost string, the thinnest one. > The topmost is the thickness one and is referenced as string 6 or string 4 > depending on the instrument. > > How do you define topmost? When I play the (right-handed) guitar, the > thinnest string (string 1) is on the top of the guitar (farthest away > from the floor). That's how I've defined topmost (and that's how it's > used in tablature, as well, iiuc – the highest pitch, the thinnest > string, and the top from the floor are all the same string, and they > show up on the top of the tablature). > > Do you have a different understanding?
Uh what? Furthest away from the floor on a right-handed guitar played right-handedly are the bass strings, conveniently accessible with the thumb which is also furthest away from the floor. What kind of alien anatomy do you have? -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
