Re: fingeringOrientations

[Jonathan Kulp]

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Peter Buhr <address@hidden> wrote:
> G'day. Sorry, if I don't use the correct lilypond nomenclature.
>
> Below are two bars of notes. The first bar is done with 2 voices inline and 
> the
> second bar is done with 2 voices out-of-line. In the first bar, the string
> positions are not on the left of the notes, while they are in the second bar.
> I would like to use the convenience of inline voices AND get the string 
> numbers
> in the correct position. Is there some mechanism to accomplish this?
>
> (I have a sneaking suspicion someone is going to tell me this is a know bug 
> and
> point me to some URL confirming it. ;-)
>

It works if you put the orientation command inside the {} of each
voice. I made it less clunky by defining the orientation command like
so:

lefty = \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left left left left)

VoiceA = \relative c {
       %\set fingeringOrientations = #'(left left left left)
       << { \lefty <c'-1 g-2>1 } \\ { \lefty <c,-3>2 } >> | <c'-1 g-2>1
}

HTH,

Jon
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