LilyPond Beginnershandleiding

Hoofdstuk 4: Tweaking output 111
\override Fingering.direction = #UP
c4-5 a-3 f-1 c'-5 |
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However, overriding the direction property is not the easiest way of manually setting the
fingering above or below the notes; using _ or ^ instead of - before the fingering number is
usually preferable. Here is the previous example using this method:
c4-5 a-3 f-1 c'-5 |
c4_5 a_3 f_1 c'_5 |
c4^5 a^3 f^1 c'^5 |
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The direction property is ignored for chords, but the directional prefixes, _ and ^ do work.
By default, the fingering is automatically placed both above and below the notes of a chord, as
shown:
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but this may be overridden to manually force all or any of the individual fingering numbers
above or below:
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Even greater control over the placement of fingering of the individual notes in a chord is
possible by using the \set fingeringOrientations command. The format of this command is:
\set fingeringOrientations = #'([up] [left/right] [down])
\set is used because fingeringOrientations is a property of the Voice context, created and
used by the New_fingering_engraver.
The property may be set to a list of one to three values. It controls whether fingerings may
be placed above (if up appears in the list), below (if down appears), to the left (if left appears,
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