Re: Left-handed fretboard?

[Carl Sorensen]

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=&quot;Carl Sorensen-3&quot;
    >     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.
    >     &lt;/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