Hello everyone,

I am looking to make recorder fingering charts using Lilypond. Current 
documentation does not list recorder as available for woodwind fingering 
diagrams:
 
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/woodwind-diagrams.html 

However, I checked the github repository and there are files mentioning a 
recorder fingering chart :

https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/blob/master/Documentation/snippets/recorder-fingering-chart.ly
 

Have the changes not been added to the latest stable version yet?

On top of the baroque recorder fingering chart (thumb hole, 7 finger holes 
including 2 double holes, bell hole), I would like to add charts for keyed 
recorders. Not only the well established keyed tenor recorders (thumb hole, 6 
finger holes including 1 double hole, C# and C keys, bell hole). 
I would also like to make diagrams that fit keyed recorders, such as the Helder 
instruments by Mollenhauer. I attached in this email a screenshot of a baroque 
recorder fingerging chart, and that of the Helder instruments.

I would also like to be able to make my own diagrams. Notably for the Helder 
alto with extra C# and D# keys. To my knowledge, Mollenhauer has never 
published a fingering chart for this instrument. And who knows what recorder 
models will be developed in 10, 20 or 50 years?
A community-based fingering database for keyed recorders would be a huge 
contribution to the recorder world. Using neat diagrams with Lilypond would 
significantly improve the experience.

Can the Lilypond community help me with that? I have a degree in NLP so I can 
code… to some extent!

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Clément B. (France)



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