>From: Reinhold Kainhofer
>Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2011 2:53 PM
>
>If you use a real fingering, you can override it's direction to UP. By default
>fingerings are put under slurs, while markups are printed above slurs:
>\version "2.14.2"
>%looking for a way to place fingering at top but under the slur
>\score{
> \new Staff
> << {a''2.^( b''4^)}
> \\ {s2 \once\override Fingering #'direction = #UP b'8-3( g') s4} >>
> \layout {}
>}
>
>Cheers,
>Reinhold
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Thanks Reinhold!
I'll continue to wonder why Lilypond requires explicit override statement to reposition fingerings on a second voice:
\once\override Fingering #'direction = #UP b-3
instead of interpreting the single voice notation "b^3" should be explicit enough.
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I just found notation reference for yet another (more compact) way to force the second-voice fingering to display both at the top of the staff, and under slur/tie:
<b^3> or <b_3>
Using chord notation, even on single notes, allows one to override the fingering direction for that note using the shortcuts "^" and "_" for up or down...and Lilypond will interpret as fingerings, and attempt to place them under the tie/slur.
Javier