Re: Problem setting fingering direction, again

[Graham Percival]

My guess is that \set FingeringOrientations only works for chord
constructs, whereas plain fingerings don't require this.

Valentin, modify the snippet "controlling the placement of chord
fingerings" accordingly to give this warning.

Cheers,
- Graham

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 01:25:17AM -0700, Kim Shrier wrote:
> Thanks, that works.  However, I didn't see anything in the
> documentation that would have given me a clue that the <>
> were required.  Have I missed something obvious?
>
> Kim
>
>
> On Jan 27, 2009, at 1:06 AM, Nick Payne wrote:
>
>> You need braces <> around the notes:
>>
>> \version "2.12.2"
>>
>> \paper{
>>   indent=0\in
>>   line-width=6\in
>>   oddFooterMarkup=##f
>>   oddHeaderMarkup=##f
>>   bookTitleMarkup = ##f
>>   scoreTitleMarkup = ##f
>> }
>>
>> \score {
>>   \new Staff <<
>>     \new Voice = "melodyOne" {
>>       \voiceOne
>>       \relative c' {
>>         \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)
>>         <a'-5>4
>>       }
>>     }
>>     \new Voice = "melodyTwo" {
>>       \voiceTwo
>>       \relative c' {
>>         \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)
>>         <e-3>4
>>       }
>>     }
>>>>
>> }
>>>
>
>
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