Re: Left-handed fretboard?

[David Kastrup]

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?

-- 
David Kastrup