30 May
2010
30 May
'10
2:25 p.m.
On 30 May 2010 at 20:12, Roger Pugh wrote:
There was a system from the ancient world using the
segments of the
fingers to count with the thumb as a marker.
My parents used a counting-on-the-knuckles scheme for remembering the
days in each month. I don't recall the details, however.
And if you want to see a musical application of counting on finger
segments, see "guidonian hand". Very old.
--Chuck