geez that was quick. From my perspective, i have to reverse it to something like:
______9___8___7___6___5___4___3___2___1__0
|---|---|-x-|---|---|-R-|---|---|---|---|e
|---|---|-x-|---|---|-x-|---|---|---|---|b
|---|---|---|-x-|---|-x-|---|---|---|---|g
|---|---|---|-R-|---|-x-|---|---|---|---|d
|---|---|---|-x-|---|-x-|---|---|---|---|a
|---|---|-x-|---|---|-R-|---|---|---|---|E
of course this is unreasonable for right handers, a compromise is good, when they point the nut into the air, something like this:
E a d g b e
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R x x x x R 5
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| x R x | | 7
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x | | | x x 8
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