Right Hand Fingering Permutations

Four Finger Technique (p,i,m,a)

Two Stroke Permutations:
pi ip pm mp pa ap
im mi ia
ai
ma am
Three Stroke Permutations:
pim
pia
pma
ima

pmi
pai
pam
iam

ipm
ipa
mpa
mia

imp
iap
map
mai

mpi
api
apm
aim

mip
aip
amp
ami

Four Stroke Permutations:

pima
ipma
mpia
apim

piam
ipam
mpai
apmi

pmia
impa
mipa
aipm

pmai
imap
miap
aimp

paim
iapm
mapi
ampi

pami
iamp
maip
amip

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Right Hand Fingering Permutations

Five Finger Technique (p,i,m,a,e)
Four Stroke Permutations:

Two Stroke Permutations:

pi
pe
ie
ae

ip pm mp pa ap
ep im mi ia
ai
ei ma am me em
ea

Three Stroke Permutations:

pim
pia
pie
pma
pme
pae
ima
ime
iae
mae

pmi
pai
pei
pam
pem
pea
iam
iem
iea
mea

ipm
ipa
ipe
mpa
mpe
ape
mia
mie
aie
ame

imp
iap
iep
map
mep
aep
mai
mei
aei
aem

mpi
api
epi
apm
epm
epa
aim
eim
eia
ema

mip
aip
eip
amp
emp
eap
ami
emi
eai
eam

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pima
ipma
mpia
apim
pime
ipme
mpie
epim
piae
ipae
apie
epia
pmae
mpae
apme
epma
imae
miae
aime
eima

piam
ipam
mpai
apmi
piem
ipem
mpei
epmi
piea
ipea
apei
epai
pmea
mpea
apem
epam
imea
miea
aiem
eiam

pmia
impa
mipa
aipm
pmie
impe
mipe
eipm
paie
iape
aipe
eipa
pame
mape
ampe
empa
iame
maie
amie
emia

pmai
imap
miap
aimp
pmei
imep
miep
eimp
paei
iaep
aiep
eiap
paem
maep
amep
emap
iaem
maei
amei
emai

paim
iapm
mapi
ampi
peim
iepm
mepi
empi
peia
iepa
aepi
eapi
pema
mepa
aepm
eapm
iema
meia
aeim
eaim

pami
iamp
maip
amip
pemi
iemp
meip
emip
peai
ieap
aeip
eaip
peam
meap
aemp
eamp
ieam
meai
aemi
eami

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Right Hand Fingering Permutations

Five Stroke Permutations:
pimae
pmiae
paime
peima
ipmae
impae
iapme
iepma
mpiae
mipae
mapie
mepia
apime
aipme
ampie
aepim
epima
eipma
empia
eapim

pimea
pmiea
paiem
peiam
ipmea
impea
iapem
iepam
mpiea
mipea
mapei
mepai
apiem
aipem
ampei
aepmi
epiam
eipam
empai
eapmi

piame
pmaie
pamie
pemia
ipame
imape
iampe
iempa
mpaie
miape
maipe
meipa
apmie
aimpe
amipe
aeipm
epmia
eimpa
emipa
eaipm

piaem
pmaei
pamei
pemai
ipaem
imaep
iamep
iemap
mpaei
miaep
maiep
meiap
apmei
aimep
amiep
aeimp
epmai
eimap
emiap
eaimp

piema
pmeia
paeim
peaim
ipema
imepa
iaepm
ieapm
mpeia
miepa
maepi
meapi
apeim
aiepm
amepi
aempi
epaim
eiapm
emapi
eampi

pieam
pmeai
paemi
peami
ipeam
imeap
iaemp
ieamp
mpeai
mieap
maeip
meaip
apemi
aiemp
ameip
aemip
epami
eiamp
emaip
eamip

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Right Hand Fingering Permutations

String Groupings
Two String Permutations:
65 64 63 62 61 54
53 52 51 43 42 41
32 31 21
Three String Permutations:
654
641
541
421

653 652 651 643 642

632 631 621 543 542
532 531 521 432 431
321

Four String Permutations:

6543 6542 6541 6532 6531 6521
6432 6431 6421 6321 5432 5431
5421 5321 4321
Five String Permutations:
65432 65431 65421 65321 64321 54321

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