Re: Guitar right-hand fingering

[Peter Bjuhr]

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