In that case it will be confusing no matter where you put it. I would try to find a different way of indicating the triplet that didn't require a number, such as 3 horizontal dots above the note, or writing it out as a triplet without the stem slash (I assume this is what you mean by "tremolo").
-Lee > Thanks for your response. Going further : > - Quarter note up stem with tremolo and number 3 above (eight > note tuplet): > fingering above? > - Never along side the noteheads (inside staff) even when double note or > triple note? > Pierre > > -----Message d'origine----- > From: Lee Actor > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 10:08 AM > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: RE: [Finale] Violin fingerings > > Almost always above, regardless of stem direction, and above > tuplet numbers > and brackets. The only case I can think of where a fingering > would go below > is in a divisi orchestral part with 2 voices on one staff, stems up and > stems down. > > But as both a violinist with a lot of experience, and as a > composer who has > written a lot of string music (including a violin concerto), I would urge > you to resist adding fingerings under any but very exceptional > circumstances, such as a technical etude, or a tricky special fingering as > written by an expert string player. Otherwise a fingering is > less likely to > help than to be an annoyance. And guaranteed to be ignored even more than > bowings. > > Lee Actor > Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic > http://www.leeactor.com > > > > Hi all, > > > > Do you know the exact placement of single note fingerings: > > always placed above the notes or depending stems direction (like > > articulations)? > > > > In case of up stems tuplet, is it allowed to place fingerings : > > - below the notes; > > - above the notes with tuplet number and bracket below? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Pierre _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
