In regards to guitar, the offical top string is the highest pitched string...skinny E/1st string (closest to the floor when you're holding a guitar). Low E/6th string (closest to your head) is the bottom string. --the idea also being that the 6 tab lines (in tablature) also match that designation of bottom string to top!
So I figured, naturally, ukulele would be the same...the top string is highest pitched/closest to floor A string, and that re-entrant G would still qualify (due to position/tab/non-reentrant tuning) as the bottom string.
Yet all the mentions of bottom string on the net I've encountered (except 1 from 1 book) denote the G string as the top string and the A as the bottom--the idea being that the G is farthest from floor. To me this totally goes against stringed insrument logic. (which I know can appear backwards anyway, especially to beginners).
Which string is indeed the top string...A or G????
So I figured, naturally, ukulele would be the same...the top string is highest pitched/closest to floor A string, and that re-entrant G would still qualify (due to position/tab/non-reentrant tuning) as the bottom string.
Yet all the mentions of bottom string on the net I've encountered (except 1 from 1 book) denote the G string as the top string and the A as the bottom--the idea being that the G is farthest from floor. To me this totally goes against stringed insrument logic. (which I know can appear backwards anyway, especially to beginners).
Which string is indeed the top string...A or G????