I'm wondering if I am giving too much left hand information in a score I'm developing.  I'd like to know what the site members here think and what they prefer. 

The Humours of Glendart is a simple double jig that plays easily in C. I've kept it in its original key of D for 2 reasons.

1) In C the highest note is F so there is no opportunity to play the 5th string.

2) In D the B part of the tune practically plays itself when hand positions are held in place. The fingers of the right hand do all the work. It is lovely economy of motion.

I prefer elevated bass tuning for this tune because of the sonority it produces and also because it puts F# at fret 4 thus avoiding big jumps between A at fret 2 and F# at fret 6 as it would be in C tuning.

Part 1 (the A part) is straightforward. In measures 1, 3, and 5 I prefer the sound of B on the 3rd string. Elsewhere in this part I use the open B string. I have not notated this, preferring an uncluttered score.

My first puzzle is the transition from the A to the B part. The first phrase of the B part begins with the "pickup" at the end of measure 8. That note and the next 4 are all gotten out of a hand position that remains in place except to lift the 4th finger to get E on fret 2 of string 1, which is part of an index finger bar/barre/barré.  I have questions about this.

1) Do people prefer seeing the fingering of the PB  chord vertically as in measure 8 or horizontally as in measure 9, one number to the left of each musical note?

2) As the B part  opening phrase and its fingering begin at the last note of the A part I've put information about that in measure 8 and then again in measure 9 at the start of the third line of the score. It would be simpler if measures 8 and 9 were side by side but that would upset the symmetry of 4 measures per line until the end.  What would best?

Then 2 measures later, starting in measure 11 we have a new hand position: 421.

Here I have given strings, fingers and right hand finger indications. The latter is essential for the musical flow. But for the left hand perhaps it is redundant to give both fingers and strings.

I would value the opinion of others on this matter.

I am bearing in mind Marc's wise council that people are free to ignore fingering indications so I can add whatever suggestions or instructions I wish. But I'm also trying to balance this with an uncluttered appearance to the score.

The score in its current experimental condition is attached below. 

Thoughts and suggestions will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jody