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#### 7.5.6 Right hand fingerings

Right hand fingerings in chords can be entered using note`-\rightHandFinger` finger

      <c-\rightHandFinger #1 e-\rightHandFinger #2 >

for brevity, you can abbreviate `\rightHandFinger` to something short, for example `RH`,

    #(define RH rightHandFinger)

##### Commonly tweaked properties

You may exercise greater control over right handing fingerings by setting `strokeFingerOrientations`,

>          #(define RH rightHandFinger)
>          {
>            \set strokeFingerOrientations = #'(up down)
>            <c-\RH #1 es-\RH #2 g-\RH #4 > 4
>            \set strokeFingerOrientations = #'(up right down)
>            <c-\RH #1 es-\RH #2 g-\RH #4 > 4
>          }

The letters used for the fingerings are contained in the property `digit-names`, but they can also be set individually by supplying `\rightHandFinger` with a string argument, as in the following example

>          #(define RH rightHandFinger)
>          {
>            \set strokeFingerOrientations = #'(right)
>            \override StrokeFinger #'digit-names = ##("x" "y" "z" "!" "@")
>            <c-\RH #5 >4
>            <c-\RH "@">4
>          }

##### See also

Internalls: StrokeFinger

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