On 2015-03-17 11:24, Thomas Morley wrote:
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
I see. \rightHandFinger #8 also gives an x (and of course considering x
as unknown). I then assumed it was because it wasn't defined.
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.
Even though I havn't seen anything else besides pima, I think your point
about completeness is right and c is better than x.
Do you have a reference for that? I found some occurences of "c" on the
web but also "e":
http://guitaralliance.com/p-i-m-a-unleashed/pima-in-detail/
Interesting, I had no idea there was an disagreement on this. I've
learnt 'pimac' in contact with guitarists. But as a reference I read
this in wikipedia:
Theclassical guitar
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_guitar>also has a fingering
notation system for theplucking
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_guitar#Plucking_of_the_string>hand,
known as/pima/(or less commonly/pimac/), abbreviations of Spanish;
where*p*=/pulgar/(thumb),*i*=/índice/(index finger),*m*=/medio/(middle
finger),*a*=/anular/(ring finger) and, very rarely,*c*=/chico/(little
finger).^[4] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingering#cite_note-4> It
is usually only notated in scores where a passage is particularly
difficult, or requires specific fingering for the plucking hand.
Otherwise, plucking-hand fingering is generally left to the discretion
of the guitarist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingering
Best
Peter
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