Re: thumb and digit for one note head - guitar

[Walter Hofmeister]

On 1/3/05 1:31 PM, "Albert Einstein" <address@hidden> wrote:

> In lilypond 2.4.2 manual 5.7.10 Fingering instructions is given:
> 
> You can use the thumb-script to indicate that a note should be played
> with the thumb (e.g., in cello music)
> 
>              <a_\thumb a'-3>8 <b_\thumb b'-3>
>         
>         [image of music]
>         
>         
>         
>         What in case to put for one note head thumb and digit for
>         example to instruct left and right hand for guitar (left third
>         finger, right hand thumb) ?
>         
>         When i write <a_thumb-3 a'> result is the same like in manual?
>         
>         ALbert
> 
> 
Albert,
    In your example you forgot the "\"character before "thumb". This would
result in your example either doing nothing or generating an error. The
"\thumb" instruction is for the left hand so you are giving two indications
for the left hand and none for the right. I believe what you need is
something like: <a-4>^\markup { \italic { p } }

This worked in v2.2.5 but I have not used this since upgrading to v2.4.2.
Try a small example and if it does not work, run the convert-ly script on it
and it should update the syntax if it is not correct for your version.

With fingers crossed.
Walter Hofmeister