Almost always above, regardless of stem direction, and above tuplet numbers and brackets. The only case I can think of where a fingering would go below is in a divisi orchestral part with 2 voices on one staff, stems up and stems down.
But as both a violinist with a lot of experience, and as a composer who has written a lot of string music (including a violin concerto), I would urge you to resist adding fingerings under any but very exceptional circumstances, such as a technical etude, or a tricky special fingering as written by an expert string player. Otherwise a fingering is less likely to help than to be an annoyance. And guaranteed to be ignored even more than bowings. Lee Actor Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic http://www.leeactor.com > Hi all, > > Do you know the exact placement of single note fingerings: > always placed above the notes or depending stems direction (like > articulations)? > > In case of up stems tuplet, is it allowed to place fingerings : > - below the notes; > - above the notes with tuplet number and bracket below? > > Thanks! > > Pierre _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
