User manual

Right-hand ngering placement
By default, all right-hand ngerings are placed outside the staff and on the notehead side of
notes, which can be above or below the staff depending on the stem direction. When shown
beside notes inside the staff,
Dorico SE automatically joins adjacent notes with the same right-
hand ngering with a bracket.
Left-hand ngering placement
Left-hand ngerings are usually positioned inside the staff and to the left of the notes to which
they apply. However, they also must not collide with other items, such as accidentals and rhythm
dots. Dorico SE automatically calculates the most appropriate positions for left-hand ngerings
and erases their backgrounds by default, which improves their readability when placed on staff
lines.
RELATED LINKS
Fingerings for fretted instruments on page 583
Changing the position of left-hand ngerings on page 585
Hiding/Showing brackets for right-hand ngerings on page 584
Changing ngerings to substitution ngerings
Substitution ngerings indicate where players should change the nger used for the note. You
can change existing ngerings to substitution ngerings.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the ngerings you want to change to substitution ngerings.
2. In the Properties panel, activate Substitution in the Fingering and Positions group.
3. Enter the ngering you want for the substitution into the value eld.
4. Press Return .
RESULT
The selected ngerings are now shown as substitution ngerings. The deferred position of the
substitution is the same as the original ngering by default, but you can change the rhythmic
position of substitution ngerings.
Changing the rhythmic position of substitution ngerings
Substitution ngerings are shown as immediate by default, meaning that the substitution takes
place on the same note, but you can change the rhythmic position at which individual
substitutions take place.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the substitution ngering whose deferred rhythmic position you want to change.
2. Change the rhythmic position of the substitution ngering in any of the following ways:
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Click and drag the circular handle to the right/left.
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Activate Substitution offset in the Fingering and Positions group of the Properties
panel.
Change the rhythmic position of substitutions as fractions of a quarter note (crotchet) by
entering a value into the left value eld, or by clicking the arrows beside the value eld.
Increasing the value moves substitutions to later positions, decreasing the value moves
them to earlier positions.
Fingering
Changing ngerings to substitution ngerings
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