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Fingering instructions
Fingering instructions can be entered using ‘note-digit’:
\relative { c''4-1 d-2 f-4 e-3 }
Markup texts or strings may be used for finger changes.
\relative { c''4-1 d-2 f\finger \markup \tied-lyric "4~3" c\finger "2 - 3" }
A thumb fingering can be added (e.g., cello music) to indicate that a note should be played with the thumb.
\relative { <a'_\thumb a'-3>2 <b_\thumb b'-3> }
Fingerings for chords can also be added to individual notes by adding them after the pitches.
\relative { <c''-1 e-2 g-3 b-5>2 <d-1 f-2 a-3 c-5> }
Fingering instructions may be manually placed above or below the staff, see Direction and placement.
Selected Snippets
Controlling the placement of chord fingerings
The placement of fingering numbers can be controlled precisely. For fingering orientation to apply, it must be used within a chord construct <>, even for single notes. Orientation for string numbers and right-hand fingerings may be set in a similar way.
\relative c' { \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left) <c-1 e-3 a-5>4 \set fingeringOrientations = #'(down) <c-1 e-3 a-5>4 \set fingeringOrientations = #'(down right up) <c-1 e-3 a-5>4 \set fingeringOrientations = #'(up) <c-1 e-3 a-5>4 \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left) <c-1>2 \set fingeringOrientations = #'(down) <e-3>2 \set stringNumberOrientations = #'(up left down) <f\3 a\2 c\1>1 \set strokeFingerOrientations = #'(down right up) <c\rightHandFinger #1 e\rightHandFinger #2 c'\rightHandFinger #4 > }
Allowing fingerings to be printed inside the staff
By default, vertically oriented fingerings are positioned outside the staff; that behavior, however, may be disabled. Attention needs to be paid to situations where fingerings and stems are in the same direction: by default, fingerings will avoid only beamed stems. That setting can be changed to avoid no stems or all stems; the following example demonstrates these two options, as well as how to go back to the default behavior.
\relative c' { <c-1 e-2 g-3 b-5>2 \override Fingering.staff-padding = #'() <c-1 e-2 g-3 b-5>4 g'-0 a8[-1 b]-2 g-0 r \override Fingering.add-stem-support = ##f a[-1 b]-2 g-0 r \override Fingering.add-stem-support = ##t a[-1 b]-2 g-0 r \override Fingering.add-stem-support = #only-if-beamed a[-1 b]-2 g-0 r }
See also
Notation Reference: Direction and placement.
Snippets: Editorial annotations.
Internals Reference: FingeringEvent, fingering-event, Fingering_engraver, New_fingering_engraver, Fingering.
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