Changing the staff-relative placement of fingerings
According to convention, keyboard instrument fingering is positioned above the right-hand staff, and below the left-hand staff. String and brass instrument fingering is always positioned above the staff.
These steps only apply to non-fretted instruments.
Prerequisite
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If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing is selected in the Engrave toolbox.
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You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.
Procedure
- Select the fingerings whose staff-relative placement you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
- In the Properties panel, activate Staff-relative position in the Fingering and Positions group.
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Choose one of the following options:
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Above
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Below
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Result
The selected fingerings appear above/below the staff. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.
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You can also change the staff-relative placement of fingerings by selecting them in Engrave mode and pressing F.
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You can change the staff-relative placement of all fingerings project-wide to follow voice directions on the Fingering page in .
This can be useful in complex contrapuntal music where fingering may not be clear if it is only placed above the top staff and below the bottom staff.