I have a problem which I cannot figure out.
Lilypond has a built-in function to engrave guitar fingerings in a score.
The function works just fine, but is long and cumbersome to type, for example:
\rightHandFinger #2 (#2 = i = index finger)
which fingers the attached note with the index finger label 'i'.
I was able to follow the manual and create a shorthand for this function:
#(define RH rightHandFinger)
which works just fine, as illustrated with the following code (see attached score):
#(define RH rightHandFinger)
\new Staff \with {
instrumentName = "Example"
}
\relative c'
{
\clef "treble_8"
\key f \major
\set strokeFingerOrientations = #'(up)
a4\RH #2 c\RH #3 d\RH #2 e\RH #3 \bar "|." |
}
The code "\RH #2" is still more than I want to type.
I want to create a fingering-function for the index finger as follows:
\RHi (and similarly for all the fingerings i, m, a, and p).
Can this be done? Am I missing a concept here? I tried:
#(define RHi rightHandFinger #2)
but this did not work.
Jeremiah
score2.jpg