Re: fingering notation alternative

[David Kastrup]

Gianmaria Lari <address@hidden> writes:

> This is more a notation question than a lilypond question.
>
> Does exist a standard fingering notation to indicate that a note can be
> played for example with 2 or 3? I normally write
>
> \finger "2(3)"
>
> or
>
> \finger "2/3"
>
>
> but I'm not sure this is correct.

The usual I know from some violin editions is to write the better
fingering above and the easier fingering (typically avoiding 2nd/4th
position) below, sometimes in a different font (italic?).

-- 
David Kastrup