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Re: Left-handed fretboard?
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Carl Sorensen |
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Re: Left-handed fretboard? |
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Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:56:48 +0000 |
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On 1/17/18, 9:47 AM, "David Kastrup" <address@hidden> wrote:
Carl Sorensen <address@hidden> writes:
> On 1/16/18, 11:08 PM, "francisperea" <address@hidden> 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?
I am totally brain-dead this morning.
You are completely right.
I don't know what I was thinking.
I retract my comment.
Ouch.
Thanks,
Carl
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