Michael,
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Michael Rivers [via Lilypond] <
ml-node+s1069038n191855...@n5.nabble.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to set the default location for fingering in the lower
> staff of a grand staff to be below the staff rather than above? I realize
> that I can write, e.g., "c_1" instead of "c-1" every time. However, after a
> few years of using Lilypond, I have wasted so much time fixing my errors
> (both accidentally putting the fingering above in the lower staff and below
> in the upper staff after having worked in the bass clef for a while) that I
> would really like to be able to just use the default "c-1" and have
> Lilypond know the correct default location.
>
> (To be honest, it kind of irks me that Lilypond doesn't know the standard
> default location of fingering for the lower staff. Putting the fingering
> below (except, of course, when there are multiple voices) has been the
> standard for a long time in printed music. It seems to me that if a user
> writes "c-1" for a bass clef note in a grand staff, Lilypond should put the
> finger number below the staff by default.)
>
> I apologize if this is in the manual or the snippet repository, but I
> couldn't find it.
>
\override Staff.Fingering.direction = #DOWN ?
HTH,
Abraham
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