Klarinet Archive - Posting 000313.txt from 2002/10

From: "Bruce Hunter" <bhunter3@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Help?
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 04:14:03 -0400

----- Original Message -----=20
From: "William Wright" <w10wright@-----.net>
> Does anyone know enough about classical guitar notation to help me
> understand this:=20
> When many consecutive measures are filled with 1/32-notes, and these
> notes are beamed in groups of four, what do the lower-case letters =
"a",
> "m", and "i" mean when printed above the beams for successive
> 1/32-notes?
Bill,
Those letters are used to indicate which right-hand fingers are to be =
used to play those particular notes. "a" is for anular, (tilde over the =
n), for the "ring" finger; "m" is for medio, for the middle finger; and =
"i" is for indice, for the index finger. Additionally, "p" would be for =
pulgar, for thumb, and, rarely, (and usually flamenco), "s" is for the =
smallest finger, on the other side of the hand from the thumb. Any =
questions about numbers, numbers inside circles, or Roman numerals? (or =
anything else about classical guitar notation?)
HTH,
Bruce Hunter

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