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Right-hand fingerings

Right-hand fingerings p-i-m-a must be entered within a chord construct <> for them to be printed in the score, even when applied to a single note.

Note: There must be a hyphen after the note and a space before the closing >.

     
     \clef "treble_8"
     <c-\rightHandFinger #1 >4 
     <e-\rightHandFinger #2 > 
     <g-\rightHandFinger #3 > 
     <c-\rightHandFinger #4 >
     <c,-\rightHandFinger #1 e-\rightHandFinger #2 g-\rightHandFinger #3 c-\rightHandFinger #4 >1

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For convenience, you can abbreviate \rightHandFinger to something short, for example RH,

#(define RH rightHandFinger)

Selected Snippets

Placement of right-hand fingerings

It is possible to exercise greater control over the placement of right-hand fingerings by setting a specific property, as demonstrated in the following example.

     
     #(define RH rightHandFinger)
     
     \relative c {
       \clef "treble_8"
       
       \set strokeFingerOrientations = #'(up down)
       <c-\RH #1 e-\RH #2 g-\RH #3 c-\RH #4 >4
       
       \set strokeFingerOrientations = #'(up right down)
       <c-\RH #1 e-\RH #2 g-\RH #3 c-\RH #4 >4
       
       \set strokeFingerOrientations = #'(left)
       <c-\RH #1 e-\RH #2 g-\RH #3 c-\RH #4 >2
     }

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Fingerings, string indications, and right-hand fingerings

This example combines left-hand fingering, string indications, and right-hand fingering.

     
     #(define RH rightHandFinger)
     
     \relative c {
       \clef "treble_8"
       <c-3\5-\RH #1 >4
       <e-2\4-\RH #2 >4
       <g-0\3-\RH #3 >4
       <c-1\2-\RH #4 >4
     }

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See also

Snippets: Fretted strings.

Internals Reference: StrokeFinger.

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