OT: Count Up from Bottom or Down from Top?

On the treble clef, what note is on the second line? D or G?

I've always heard people counting down from the top, but I just heard from
somebody who says that the normal practice is to count up from the bottom.

I always count up from the bottom. That's the way I was taught. At least
it's implied with the mnemonic "every good boy does fine". ~DaW~

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Morrison" <mr88cet@austin.rr.com>
To: "Tuning List" <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 7:53 PM
Subject: [tuning] OT: Count Up from Bottom or Down from Top?

> On the treble clef, what note is on the second line? D or G?
>
> I've always heard people counting down from the top, but I just heard from
> somebody who says that the normal practice is to count up from the bottom.

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Hi Gary,

> From: Gary Morrison <mr88cet@austin.rr.com>
> To: Tuning List <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 5:53 PM
> Subject: [tuning] OT: Count Up from Bottom or Down from Top?
>
>
> On the treble clef, what note is on the second line? D or G?
>
> I've always heard people counting down from the top, but I just heard from
> somebody who says that the normal practice is to count up from the bottom.

> From: Danny Wier <dawier@yahoo.com>
> To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 3:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [tuning] OT: Count Up from Bottom or Down from Top?
>
>
> I always count up from the bottom. That's the way I was taught. At least
> it's implied with the mnemonic "every good boy does fine". ~DaW~

> From: <Afmmjr@aol.com>
> To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 8:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [tuning] OT: Count Up from Bottom or Down from Top?.2
>
>
> And the alphabet itself starts at the bottom. As do chords, since we go
by
> the root (even when it is inverted higher than the bass note).

Both Danny and Johnny gave you the answers I would have.
I'm pretty sure standard practice is to ascend from the bottom.

-monz

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