[sw-l] LESSON...Finger Trills

[Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod]

thank you for those explanations!!
I get it now

Anny
Le 14 avr. 05, à 16:38, Valerie Sutton a écrit :

> SignWriting List
> April 14, 2005
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> Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod wrote:
>> just wonder why you place the "5-hand" underneath... the open-close
>> symbols??? any rule for that?
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> Yes. There are rules. When fingers open or close one at a time, in
> sequence, we call those Finger Trills...The symbol with the dots
> connected with an arrow does not show movement of the hand. It shows
> which finger opens first, second, third etc...So it has to be placed
> over the handshape to show which finger starts the Trill...
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> Here is an example taken from our E-Lessons on the web. The first sign
> shows that the Index Finger starts the Finger Trill ...it goes like
> this.... Index opens, then middle finger opens, then ring finger
> opens, then baby finger opens, finishing in the open 4 handshape.
>
> The second sign does not show a Trill. It shows a gradual equal
> opening from the first handshape to the 4 handshape...continued next
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