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Fingerings
 


There are 9 display positions where fingering information can be displayed, one in the "Standard" area on the left, and 8 under the "Alternate" area on the right. Each position can contain a normal fingering display (explained below), text messages (also explained below), a bitmap image, or be empty.

Normal Fingering Display

An individual fingering looks like the bottom 2 sections of a small recorder, as shown below (in a hypothetical fingering):

 

The built-in fingerings are intended to show standard and alternate fingerings, not to specifically show trill fingerings. For example, the normal alto octave 1 D to C trill is not shown on either note's fingering display, because the trill uses standard fingerings for both notes. However, when a particular alternate fingering is primarily used for a particular trill, the trilling fingers are shown as red holes.

Trill Position Indicator
With this display scheme, it is not possible to tell whether the requested note is obtained with the trill fingers up or down. This is what the "trill position" indicator is for. When it points up ("^"), this means that the requested note is obtained when the trilling fingers are up. When the indicator points down ("v"), this means that the note is obtained when the fingers are down.

For example, the alto octave 2 A natural note has 2 alternate fingerings, one which appears like this:
 

This means that the A note is obtained when the trilling fingers are up.

Another alternate fingering is shown like this:
 

This means that the A note is obtained when the trilling finger is down.

If there is additional info about a particular fingering, an "Info" button will appear (see Info Buttons ).

You can turn red trill finger holes off completely by using the Display Trill Fingers Checkbox

Depending on how an external file is designed, the trill position indicators may not be displayed.

Shade Windway

On rare occasions, a fingering will require that the windway of the recorder be partially covered ("shaded") with the hand. For fingerings like this, the words "shade windway" will appear directly to the right of the recorder picture, as shown below.




Text Messages

A display position can also contain text. Here is a sample taken from Supplied file - LEARN.TXT showing text in one position and a regular fingering display in the next:



Sometimes, depending on the size of your default Window's font, text can more than fill the display position and some will not be viewable. If this happens, you can position the system cursor within the text by clicking on the text once with the mouse. After doing so, moving the cursor down will cause the hidden text to scroll into view at the bottom of the position. The Home, End, Ctrl-Home and Ctrl-End keys also function normally.

You can also mark the text for copying by dragging the mouse over it while holding the left mouse button down. After the text is marked, click the right mouse button and select "Copy" to copy it to the Windows clipboard for pasting somewhere else (you cannot use Ctrl-C. The program thinks you are requesting the note C).

Also, if you click the text while the Large Text Panel is open, the text will appear in the Large Text Panel in a larger font.  See Show Large Text Panel Checkbox for more info.