Re: Fingering placement problem

[Colin Hall]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 08:22:53AM +1000, Nick Payne wrote:
> On 19/08/12 16:46, Nick Payne wrote:
> >In a chord containing a second, if I place the fingering above the
> >notes to avoid having the fingering numerals overlapping each
> >other (see
> >https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2541), then
> >the numerals default to being placed much higher above the
> >noteheads than is normal or if either of the notes in the second
> >is omitted from the chord:
> >
> >\version "2.15.43"
> >
> >\relative c'' {
> >    \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)
> >    \override Fingering #'staff-padding = #'()
> >    \override Fingering #'add-stem-support = ##f
> >    <d-0 c-3 f,-0>4 <d^0 c^3 f,-0> <d^0 f,-0> <c^3 f,-0>
> >}
> >
> A similar problem happens with fingerings where the same note is
> played simultaneously on two different strings. This happens quite
> frequently when transcribing the lute music of Silvius Leopold Weiss
> for guitar:
> 
> \version "2.15.43"
> 
> \relative c' {
>     \set fingeringOrientations = #'(down)
>     \override Fingering #'staff-padding = #'()
>     \override Fingering #'add-stem-support = ##f
>     <d-0 d-4>4
> }
> 

Thanks for the bug report, Nick.

There are several open issue trackers for fingering already but this
does seem to be a distinct problem, so I have created a new tracker:

http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2764

Perhaps you could check the title for accuracy?

Cheers,
Colin.

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Colin Hall