Inputting fingerings

You can input fingerings on existing notes using the fingerings popover.

Fingerings are associated with individual noteheads and so you can only add fingerings to existing noteheads. Therefore, you cannot input fingerings during step input, and the popover does not advance automatically.

Note

  • You can only add fingerings to notes at one rhythmic position at a time, and you can only input the same number of fingerings as there are notes at each rhythmic position. For example, you can input three fingerings at the rhythmic position of a chord containing three notes, but only one fingering at the rhythmic position of a single note.

  • Although they contain two numbers, substitution fingerings are considered one fingering, meaning you can add substitution fingerings to single notes.

Procedure

  1. In Write mode, select the notes to which you want to add fingering.

    If you want to add fingerings to all notes in a chord, select all the notes in the chord.

  2. Open the fingerings popover in any of the following ways:

    • Press Shift-F.

    • Click Fingering in the Notations toolbox.

    • Choose Write > Create Fingerings.

  3. Enter the fingerings you want into the popover.

    For example, enter:

    • 3-2 for a substitution fingering from the third finger to the second finger.

    • 1,3,5 for a chord.

    • 12 to show the first two valves should be depressed on a valved brass instrument.

  4. Press Return to close the popover.

Result

The fingerings are input on the selected notes.