diff --git a/plugins/highway_3d/screen.js b/plugins/highway_3d/screen.js
index 312b84d..216cc7e 100644
--- a/plugins/highway_3d/screen.js
+++ b/plugins/highway_3d/screen.js
@@ -2535,8 +2535,12 @@
         /** Snapshotted in update() — drawNote() is a sibling of update(), not nested in its closure. */
         let _drawChordTemplates = null;
         /** Teaching marks sd/ch overlay pref (§6.2.2), mirrored from the 2D
-         * highway's `teachingMarksVisible` bundle flag. fg renders regardless. */
+         * highway's `teachingMarksVisible` bundle flag. */
         let _drawTeachingMarks = false;
+        /** Fret-hand finger (fg) hint pref, mirrored from the 2D highway's
+         * `fingerHintsVisible` bundle flag — default on (shown unless an explicit
+         * false), hideable independently of the sd/ch overlays. */
+        let _showFingerHints = true;
         let _laneTargetColor = null;
         let _renderScale = 1;
         let lyricsCanvas = null, lyricsCtx = null;
@@ -8831,6 +8835,8 @@
             _drawNextByString = nextNoteByString;
             _drawChordTemplates = bundle.chordTemplates ?? null;
             _drawTeachingMarks = !!bundle.teachingMarksVisible;
+            // Default on: only an explicit false (older bundles omit the flag) hides fg.
+            _showFingerHints = bundle.fingerHintsVisible !== false;
 
             // ── Recent-past event per string (for _nextAnyT deadline) ─────
             // Once a note/chord passes `now` it leaves _drawNextByString,
@@ -12300,8 +12306,9 @@
 
                     // Teaching marks (§6.2.2) — display only, never grading. The
                     // fret-hand finger (fg) renders by default to the right of the
-                    // fret label; the scale degree (sd) is opt-in (mirrors the 2D
-                    // `teachingMarksVisible` toggle) and renders to the left.
+                    // fret label (hideable via the finger-hints toggle); the scale
+                    // degree (sd) is opt-in (mirrors the 2D `teachingMarksVisible`
+                    // toggle) and renders to the left.
                     if (alpha > 0 && n.f > 0) {
                         const _tmS = 5.0 * K * _textSizeMul * fretLabelScaleForFret(n.f);
                         const _drawTeachMark = (text, colorHex, dx, cacheKey) => {
@@ -12318,7 +12325,9 @@
                             spr.scale.set(_tmS, _tmS, 1);
                             spr.material.opacity = alpha;
                         };
-                        _drawTeachMark(teachingFingerLabel(n.fg), '#7fd1ff', NW * 0.95, 'teachFg');
+                        if (_showFingerHints) {
+                            _drawTeachMark(teachingFingerLabel(n.fg), '#7fd1ff', NW * 0.95, 'teachFg');
+                        }
                         if (_drawTeachingMarks) {
                             _drawTeachMark(teachingDegreeLabel(n.sd), '#ffcc66', -NW * 0.95, 'teachSd');
                         }
diff --git a/static/highway.js b/static/highway.js
index 1feb9d1..13fbb1e 100644
--- a/static/highway.js
+++ b/static/highway.js
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ function createHighway() {
     // overlays are opt-in so the default highway stays uncluttered. Display only
     // — never used for grading.
     let _showTeachingMarks = localStorage.getItem('showTeachingMarks') === 'true';
+    // Fret-hand finger (fg) hints are shown by DEFAULT (the most broadly useful
+    // teaching mark) but independently hideable — separate from the sd/ch opt-in
+    // above so the two defaults (fg on, sd/ch off) can coexist. Default-true: an
+    // absent key reads as on; only an explicit 'false' hides it.
+    let _showFingerHints = localStorage.getItem('showFingerHints') !== 'false';
     let _drawHooks = [];  // plugin draw callbacks: fn(ctx, W, H)
     // slopsmith#254 — per-note judgment overlay. A plugin (note_detect)
     // registers fn(note, chartTime) -> 'hit' | 'active' | 'miss' | null
@@ -774,8 +779,10 @@ function createHighway() {
             renderScale: _effectiveRenderScale(),
             lyricsVisible: showLyrics,
             // Teaching marks sd/ch overlay pref (§6.2.2) so custom renderers
-            // (e.g. the 3D highway) can mirror the 2D opt-in toggle.
+            // (e.g. the 3D highway) can mirror the 2D opt-in toggle. The fg
+            // finger-hint pref rides alongside (default on, independently hideable).
             teachingMarksVisible: _showTeachingMarks,
+            fingerHintsVisible: _showFingerHints,
 
             // 2D-style helpers (renderers that don't need these can ignore).
             // `fillTextUnmirrored` is deliberately NOT exposed here —
@@ -1728,9 +1735,10 @@ function createHighway() {
 
         // Teaching marks (§6.2.2) — display only, never grading. The fret-hand
         // finger (fg) renders by default as a small numeral hugging the gem's
-        // right edge (T = thumb, 1..4); the scale degree (sd) is opt-in and sits
-        // on the left edge so the two never collide with the centred fret number.
-        const fgLabel = teachingFingerLabel(opts?.fg);
+        // right edge (T = thumb, 1..4), hideable via the finger-hints toggle; the
+        // scale degree (sd) is opt-in and sits on the left edge so the two never
+        // collide with the centred fret number.
+        const fgLabel = _showFingerHints ? teachingFingerLabel(opts?.fg) : '';
         if (fgLabel) {
             ctx.fillStyle = '#7fd1ff';
             ctx.font = `bold ${Math.max(8, sz * 0.26) | 0}px sans-serif`;
@@ -3783,7 +3791,7 @@ function createHighway() {
         setOnLyricsChange(fn) { _onLyricsChange = fn; },
 
         // Teaching marks (§6.2.2): toggle the opt-in sd/ch overlays. The fg
-        // numeral is unaffected (always on). Persisted to localStorage.
+        // numeral has its own toggle below. Persisted to localStorage.
         getTeachingMarksVisible() { return _showTeachingMarks; },
         toggleTeachingMarks() {
             _showTeachingMarks = !_showTeachingMarks;
@@ -3794,6 +3802,18 @@ function createHighway() {
             localStorage.setItem('showTeachingMarks', String(_showTeachingMarks));
         },
 
+        // Fret-hand finger hints (§6.2.2 fg): shown by default, hideable
+        // independently of the sd/ch overlays. Persisted to localStorage.
+        getFingerHintsVisible() { return _showFingerHints; },
+        toggleFingerHints() {
+            _showFingerHints = !_showFingerHints;
+            localStorage.setItem('showFingerHints', String(_showFingerHints));
+        },
+        setFingerHintsVisible(v) {
+            _showFingerHints = !!v;
+            localStorage.setItem('showFingerHints', String(_showFingerHints));
+        },
+
         reconnect(filename, arrangement) {
             // Close old WS but keep audio + animation running
             if (ws) { ws.close(); ws = null; }