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String number indications

The string on which a note should be played may be indicated by appending \number to a note.

\clef "treble_8"
c4\5 e\4 g2\3
<c\5 e\4 g\3>1

When fingerings and string indications are used together, their vertical placement can be controlled with the script-priority property, see controlling the vertical ordering of scripts and Default values for script-priority; the ordering in the source code has no influence.

\clef "treble_8"
g4\3-0
g-0\3
g-\tweak script-priority 200 -0 \3

String numbers may also, as is customary with unfretted strings, be printed in Roman numerals and placed below the staff rather than above.

\clef "treble_8"
c'2\2
a\3
\romanStringNumbers
c'\2
\set stringNumberOrientations = #'(down)
a\3
\arabicStringNumbers
g1\4

Most behaviors of string number indications (namely, the StringNumber object), including their placement, may be set in the same way as fingerings: see Fingering instructions.

Predefined commands

\arabicStringNumbers, \romanStringNumbers.

See also

Notation Reference: Fingering instructions.

Snippets: Fretted strings.

Internals Reference: StringNumber, Fingering.