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Re: Figured bass and leading note
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Mats Bengtsson |
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Re: Figured bass and leading note |
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Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:11:03 +0100 |
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The current support for figured bass is fairly primitive.
However, one feature that's not described in the manual is
that you can also include any text strings by enclosing them
in double quotes, for example
<"+" 7>
Unfortunately, I don't see any good support for the +6, since
if you use "+6", then the "6" will be typeset in a completely
different font than the rest of the figures.
Two alternatives to typeset figured bass without using the
FiguredBass context is
1. Use text scripts on each note. Example
c_5 d_7_"+" e_\markup{"+" \number 6}_3
2. Typeset the bass figures as a line of lyrics.
In contrast to the builtin figured bass support, you can
add any \markup{...} in a line of lyrics, which means that
you have fairly full freedom to typeset whatever you want.
A disadvantage of the 1. is that the figures will not be
vertically aligned.
I don't often work with the source code of LilyPond, but
here it turned out to be very easy to add the possibility
to use \markup{...} also in figured bass, so I have included
this change so it will appear in the next 2.5.xx version and
in the coming stable 2.6 version.
/Mats
Julien Salort wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to use a "+" sign for some figured bass. How can I do that ?
For exemple :
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5 7 +6
+ 3
The "+" sign means that the leading note is in the chord.
I've tried <3 +6> but this adds to sharp next to the "3" figure.
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