Re: More efficient way to code some fingering?

[Paul McKay]

And if you don't really need the '-' in "4-5" you can reduce

c^\finger "2" ^\finger "5-4"

to

c^2^54

because LilyPond interprets any list of numbers as a fingering.

HTH

Paul

On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 at 21:02, Valentin Petzel <valentin@petzel.at> wrote:

Hello Joseph,

\finger is only really necessary for using a markup as fingering indication
(like in \finger "5-4"). For simple numeric fingerings you can always use ^/-/_
with a number. So instead of fs^\finger "2" ^\finger "5" simply do ^2^5.

Cheers,
Valentin

Am Mittwoch, 31. August 2022, 20:48:29 CEST schrieb Joseph Srednicki:
> The example below shows some fingerings as I would like them to appear.
> Is there a better and more efficient way to code this music and achieve the
> same result without using multiple \finger commands for the same note? (I
> am placing the fingerings above the notes to indicate clearly that they
> pertain to right hand. In some places, the left hand must strike some notes
> in the second or lower voice. My score places any fingering pertaining to
> the left hand below the notes in the second voice. Therefore, I do not want
> to place any right-hand fingerings below the notes of the second voice.) If
> the Lilypond documentation or snippets provide a good example of a better
> way to do what I am trying to achieve and I missed it, please point me to
> appropriate references. Thanks for any advice.
> Joe Srednicki
> *****************************
> \version "2.22.2"\language "english"
> global = {  \key c \major  \numericTimeSignature  \time 2/4}
> rightOne = \relative c'' {  \global  e4^5 fs^\finger "2" ^\finger "5" | }
> rightTwo = \relative c'' {  \global    c16 b c^\finger "2" ^\finger "5-4" d
> c e d c | } \score {  \new PianoStaff  <<    \new Staff = "right" <<
> \rightOne \\ \rightTwo >>  >>}