Positioning fingering indications precisely - Revision history

Lemzwerg at 15:44, 12 January 2026

2026-01-12T15:44:49Z

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	The semi-automatic positioning of fingering within a chords works ~~usally well, but if~~ one of the indications needs to be positioned more precisely the following ~~tweak~~ may be used. This is particularly useful for correcting the positioning when intervals of a second are involved.		The semi-automatic positioning of fingering within a chords works fine in most situations. If one of the indications needs to be positioned more precisely the following, tweaks as shown in this snippet may be used. This is particularly useful for correcting the positioning when intervals of a second are involved.

	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">

Lemzwerg: Avoid cropping

2025-12-12T12:44:10Z

Avoid cropping

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	~~Generally the options available for~~ positioning ~~the~~ fingering of chords ~~work~~ well ~~by default~~, but if one of the indications needs to positioned more precisely the following tweak may be used. This is particularly useful for correcting the positioning when intervals of a second are involved.		The semi-automatic positioning of fingering within a chords works usally well, but if one of the indications needs to be positioned more precisely the following tweak may be used. This is particularly useful for correcting the positioning when intervals of a second are involved.

	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	\relative c' {		\markup \with-true-dimensions % work around a cropping issue
	\set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)		\score {
	<c-1 d-2 a'-5>4		\relative c' {
	<c-1 d-\tweak extra-offset #'(0 . 0.2)-2 a'-5>4		\set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)
	\set fingeringOrientations = #'(down)		<c-1 d-2 a'-5>4
	<c-1 d-2 a'-5>4		<c-1 d-\tweak extra-offset #'(0 . 0.2)-2 a'-5>
	<c-\tweak extra-offset #'(0 . -1.1)-1
	d-\tweak extra-offset #'(-1.2 . -1.8)-2 a'-5>4		\set fingeringOrientations = #'(down)
	\set fingeringOrientations = #'(down right up)		<c-1 d-2 a'-5>
	<c-1 d-\tweak extra-offset #'(-0.3 . 0)-2 a'-5>4		<c-\tweak extra-offset #'(0 . -1.1)-1
	<c-1 d-\tweak extra-offset #'(-1 . 1.2)-2 a'-5>4		d-\tweak extra-offset #'(-1.2 . -1.8)-2 a'-5> \|
	\set fingeringOrientations = #'(up)
	<c-1 d-\tweak extra-offset #'(0 . 1.1)-2		\set fingeringOrientations = #'(down right up)
	a'-\tweak extra-offset #'(0 . 1)-5>4		<c-1 d-\tweak extra-offset #'(-0.3 . 0)-2 a'-5>4
	<c-1 d-\tweak extra-offset #'(-1.2 . 1.5)-2		<c-1 d-\tweak extra-offset #'(-1 . 1.2)-2 a'-5>
	a'-\tweak extra-offset #'(0 . 1.4)-5>4
			\set fingeringOrientations = #'(up)
			<c-1 d-\tweak extra-offset #'(0 . 1.1)-2
			a'-\tweak extra-offset #'(0 . 1)-5>
			<c-1 d-\tweak extra-offset #'(-1.2 . 1.5)-2
			a'-\tweak extra-offset #'(0 . 1.4)-5> \|
			}
	}		}
	</lilypond>		</lilypond>

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	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
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Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:32:55Z

New category

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	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
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Lemzwerg at 22:57, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:57:44Z

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	[[Category:Editorial annotations]]		[[Category:Editorial annotations]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]

Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:53:42Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

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	Generally the options available for positioning the fingering of chords work well by default, but if one of the indications needs to positioned more precisely the following tweak may be used. This is particularly useful for correcting the positioning when intervals of a second are involved.		Generally the options available for positioning the fingering of chords work well by default, but if one of the indications needs to positioned more precisely the following tweak may be used. This is particularly useful for correcting the positioning when intervals of a second are involved.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	\relative c' {		\relative c' {
	\set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)		\set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:43:34Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

Generally the options available for positioning the fingering of chords work well by default, but if one of the indications needs to positioned more precisely the following tweak may be used. This is particularly useful for correcting the positioning when intervals of a second are involved.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
\relative c' {
\set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)
<c-1 d-2 a'-5>4
<c-1 d-\tweak extra-offset #'(0 . 0.2)-2 a'-5>4
\set fingeringOrientations = #'(down)
<c-1 d-2 a'-5>4
<c-\tweak extra-offset #'(0 . -1.1)-1
d-\tweak extra-offset #'(-1.2 . -1.8)-2 a'-5>4
\set fingeringOrientations = #'(down right up)
<c-1 d-\tweak extra-offset #'(-0.3 . 0)-2 a'-5>4
<c-1 d-\tweak extra-offset #'(-1 . 1.2)-2 a'-5>4
\set fingeringOrientations = #'(up)
<c-1 d-\tweak extra-offset #'(0 . 1.1)-2
a'-\tweak extra-offset #'(0 . 1)-5>4
<c-1 d-\tweak extra-offset #'(-1.2 . 1.5)-2
a'-\tweak extra-offset #'(0 . 1.4)-5>4
}
</lilypond>

[[Category:Editorial annotations]]
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]