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 <valen...@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 >> >>}
>
>
