I can read basic musical notation, and tabs, but I stumbled on what I believe is string-instrument specific notation that I have trouble understanding (and it's probably very easy once explained). Here's an excerpt:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fsd1bcgxi85ngsv/notationissue.png
This particular example is for the guitar, but the same way of notation would work for the ukulele too, I imagine. What I understand is that index finger (i) is supposed to play the 4th string and the thumb (p) the 5th string throughout the exercise. What I don't understand are the numbers ranging from 3 to -3. My guess is that these are related to the fret positions and fretting fingers, but what is the system used here?
(Don't know why the IMG tags don't work with a Dropbox hosted file. Well, clicking the link works! )
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fsd1bcgxi85ngsv/notationissue.png
This particular example is for the guitar, but the same way of notation would work for the ukulele too, I imagine. What I understand is that index finger (i) is supposed to play the 4th string and the thumb (p) the 5th string throughout the exercise. What I don't understand are the numbers ranging from 3 to -3. My guess is that these are related to the fret positions and fretting fingers, but what is the system used here?
(Don't know why the IMG tags don't work with a Dropbox hosted file. Well, clicking the link works! )
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