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Notation reference
Fingering
Fingerings can be added to music 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 valved brass instruments
For instruments like trumpet and horn, fingering is used to show which valves must be depressed to produce a specific note.

Fingerings for valved brass instruments

For instruments like trumpet and horn, fingering is used to show which valves must be depressed to produce a specific note.

You can enter fingerings for valved brass instruments into the fingerings popover as numbers without any separation. For example, enter 12 for a C♯ on a trumpet to indicate that the first two valves must be depressed.

By default, Dorico for iPad automatically stacks fingerings added to notes on brass instrument staves vertically. They are shown with no separator by default.