7.5.6 Right hand fingerings

Right hand fingerings in chords can be entered using note-\rightHandFinger finger

  <c-\rightHandFinger #1 e-\rightHandFinger #2 >

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

#(define RH rightHandFinger)

Commonly tweaked properties

You may exercise greater control over right handing fingerings by setting strokeFingerOrientations,

     
     #(define RH rightHandFinger)
     {
       \set strokeFingerOrientations = #'(up down)
       <c-\RH #1 es-\RH #2 g-\RH #4 > 4
       \set strokeFingerOrientations = #'(up right down)
       <c-\RH #1 es-\RH #2 g-\RH #4 > 4
     }

The letters used for the fingerings are contained in the property digit-names, but they can also be set individually by supplying \rightHandFinger with a string argument, as in the following example

     
     #(define RH rightHandFinger)
     {
       \set strokeFingerOrientations = #'(right)
       \override StrokeFinger #'digit-names = ##("x" "y" "z" "!" "@") 
       <c-\RH #5 >4
       <c-\RH "@">4  
     }

See also

Internalls: StrokeFinger