Are there not additional possibilities? 21, 31, 32, 41, 42, 43.
When you move your fingers, do you move from the 2nd to the 3rd course, to the 4th course, and so forth. Do you start at a particular fret and move up or down the fingerboard? I ask because I injured myself by doing this sort of exercise back and forth across the neck staying always on the same fret. (And then I aggravated the injury by carrying several things at once in such a way that a lot of strain was put on the injured finger--it wouldn't have been too bad without that.) Caroline Caroline Usher Admin. Coordinator, Biology Dept. 613-8155, 660-7293 (fax) Box 90338 "Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses--especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else." --Leonardo da Vinci -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Herbert Ward Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 1:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LUTE] Initiating finger movement. One of my exercises is this: place all four fingers of the LH on the 2nd course. Then, select one pair of fingers at a time, and move them in a pattern while keeping the other pair of fingers fixed.* In doing this exercise, I find that after movement is initiated, I seldom get con- fused about which fingers should be moving and which should be stationary. It is only during initiation of movement that I accidentally move a wrong finger. I also find that having recently moved a pair of fingers is quite conducive to initiating them again. I wonder whether anyone can describe a physiological basis for these two phenomena. * There are six possible pairs, 12, 23, 34, 13, 24, and 14. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
