Table of Contents
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.
Project-wide engraving options for fingerings
You can find options for the project-wide appearance and position of fingerings on the Fingering page in Engraving Options.

Project-wide engraving options for fingerings

You can find options for the project-wide appearance and position of fingerings on the Fingering page in Engraving Options.

The options on the Fingering page allow you to change the font, size, appearance, placement, and precise position of fingerings on standard notes, cross-staff chords, and grace notes, including fine adjustments for the different instrument groups, such as brass instruments and fretted instruments, and the design of enclosures around fingerings and lines beneath fingerings. There are separate options controlling the position of fingerings shown inside the staff, and you can also change the position of fingerings relative to slurs, octave lines, and tuplets.

There are musical examples for many options to demonstrate how they affect the appearance of your music.