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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.
Fingerings for fretted instruments
Fretted instruments, such as the classical guitar, require additional fingering instructions for both hands due to the complex nature of the music.
Changing the position of left-hand fingerings
You can change the position of individual left-hand fingerings. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains. By default, they are positioned inside the staff and to the left of the notes to which they apply.

Changing the position of left-hand fingerings

You can change the position of individual left-hand fingerings. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains. By default, they are positioned inside the staff and to the left of the notes to which they apply.

Note

These steps only apply to left-hand fingerings belonging to fretted instruments.

Prerequisite

The lower zone is shown.
Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.
You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

Select the left-hand fingerings whose position you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
In the Properties panel, activate Stopping finger position in the Fingering and Positions group.
Select one of the following options from the menu:
- Outside staff
- Left of note
- Right of note

Result

The position of the selected left-hand fingerings is changed. When shown outside the staff, they are placed above the staff by default. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.

Example


Figure 1. Outside staff	Figure 2. Left of note	Figure 3. Right of note