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Record Order
 


The order of non-fingering records (e.g. H records - see Description - Non-Fingering Records) does not matter. For example, you could have the R record before the H records. You could even have the H records out of order.

The order of the groups of fingering records does not matter (i.e. you could define the note F# before the note F), but normally you would put them in chromatic order. See Fingering Records Group - General Description for a description of the fingering group.

Within a fingering records group (N, F and I records - see Fingering Records Group - General Description), the order is important. The N record is first, followed by the F and I records. An I record is associated with the F record that immediately preceeds it.

The 2 character number following the "F" on the F card is really what determines the order of the F cards, not the sequence in the file. For example, you could have the following:

F10d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c1c1o-o-,o-,00 
F00d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00

The record F00  would come before the record with F10. This order determines the order in which the fingerings are displayed in the fingering positions on the screen. 

Fingering F00 always goes in the Standard position. All others occupy positions in the Alternates area, one after the other based on their numeric sequence. There can be gaps in the sequence, as shown above. If 2 records have the same number, the 2nd takes affect.

The 2 character number does not determine the fingering position that the record will occupy on the display screen. For example, F05 does not mean that the record will occupy position 05. Records are displayed in the alternate area one after the other until the area is filled (after 8). If there are more records, a second page will be built, which activates the FWRD button.

For example, the following 2 sets of fingering records would build the same display screens, each spilling onto a second page (activating the FWRD button),  with one record on the second page:

set1:
F00d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00 
F01d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F02d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F03d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F04d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F05d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F06d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F07d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F08d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F09d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00

set2:
F00d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00 
F05d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F10d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F15d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F20d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F25d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F30d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F35d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F40d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00
F45d,c-,c-c-c-,c-c-,c-c-o-o-,o-,00

In both cases, F00 would be displayed in the "Standard" screen position, and the rest of the records would be displayed in the "Alternate" positions. After 8 alternate positions are filled (by records 01 thru 08 in Set1, and by records 05 thru 40 in Set2) a second page would be built (by record 09 in Set1, and by record 45 in Set2).

Set2 is much better, because it allows records to be inserted later, without having to renumber the other records. When a record is inserted, the rest of the records get pushed forward. For example, if a record were inserted in Set2 with a number 36, then 2 records would be displayed on the second page.