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Notation reference
Fingering
Fingerings use numbers and letters to recommend which fingers players should use for notes. This can be useful for music aimed at players learning the instrument and for difficult musical passages where certain fingering patterns make the notes much easier to play.
Changing fingerings to substitution fingerings
Substitution fingerings indicate where players should change the finger used for the note. You can change existing fingerings to substitution fingerings.

Changing fingerings to substitution fingerings

Substitution fingerings indicate where players should change the finger used for the note. You can change existing fingerings to substitution fingerings.

Prerequisite

The lower zone is shown.
Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.
If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

Procedure

Select the fingerings you want to change to substitution fingerings. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
In the Properties panel, activate Substitution in the Fingering and Positions group.
Enter the fingering you want for the substitution into the value field.
Press Return.

Result

The selected fingerings are now shown as substitution fingerings. The deferred position of the substitution is the same as the original fingering by default, but you can change the rhythmic position of substitution fingerings.