Add explicit \finger command for normal fingering events

diff --git a/ly/music-functions-init.ly b/ly/music-functions-init.ly
index 6694c4ae061eed20772a7a23ae5bb4247fad3e03..061e696d08f01f967924c674367e095cb245086a 100644 (file)
--- a/ly/music-functions-init.ly
+++ b/ly/music-functions-init.ly
@@ -379,6 +379,15 @@ featherDurations=
 
      argument))
 
+finger =
+#(define-event-function (parser location finger) (number-or-markup?)
+   (_i "Apply @var{finger} as a fingering indication.")
+
+   (make-music
+            'FingeringEvent
+            (if (number? finger) 'digit 'text)
+            finger))
+
 footnote =
 #(define-music-function (parser location mark offset footnote item)
    ((markup?) number-pair? markup? symbol-list-or-music?)