Re: Figured bass spacing problem

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Thursday 24 July 2003 08:00 pm, Mark Hymers wrote:
> On Thu, 24, Jul, 2003 at 06:20:02PM -0400, David Raleigh Arnold spoke
> thus..
>
> > 6
> > 5 6
> >
> > possibly mean?  Either you have the interval of the 6th or you
> > don't.
>
> No no no!
>
> I'm talking about layout - that's for two different fingerings:
>
> (pretend there's a bass clef at the start)
>
> ,-------____---------------------------------,
> '      |    |                                '
> '------|----|--------------------------------'
> '      |    ,                                '
> '------,---X---------------------------------'
> '     X                                      '
> '--------------------------------------------'
> '                                            '
> '--------------------------------------------'
>
>       6
>            6
>       5
>
> (Note I'm not intending the gap between the 6 and 5, it's the
> limitations of ASCII art); I'm trying to show the 6 in the middle.
>
> Rather than
>
>       6
>       5    6
>
> which places the 6 far too far away from the stave to be readable.
>
> Having said that, I've checked various editions and some do this:
>
>       6    6
>       5
>
>
> And if the bass is above the stave (as in the OUP edition of Continuo
> Playing According to Handel) some do this:
>
>       6
>       5    6
>
> which makes sense, i.e they are stacked so that the numbers start
> closest to the stave.
>
> However before suggesting anything I'm off to the Uni library
> tomorrow to look in the music section and try and find some
> definitive references.
>
> Hope this makes more sense.

Sorry to make you type that mess, but I really didn't get it.  DaveA

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