Re: Figured bass: accidentals in brackets

[Kurt Kroon]

On May 9, 2011, at 10:25 PM, Kurt Kroon <address@hidden> wrote:

> On May 9, 2011, at 7:46 AM, Francesco Spiga <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> Is it possible, in figured bass, having just an accidental in brackets 
>> instead of the whole figure?
>> 
>> For example:
>> 
>> [#]6
>>  4
>> 
>> I tried with this, but the result isn't nice:
>> 
>> <\markup {  [ \teeny \sharp ] \tiny \number 6} 4>
> 
> In the figured bass context, you should be able to do this with <6[+] 4> ... 
> but I'm not 100% sure.
> 
> Fortune cookie says: an interesting experiment is in your future. (Esp. since 
> I may need this feature in the Kuhnau Magnificat I'm transcribing at the 
> moment.)

Well, the experiment succeeded in showing that I was naive: Lilypond returned a 
syntax error.

I also tried several variations on your markup example ... none of which 
produced better results.

Were I you, I'd be tempted to bracket the whole figure, which *is* allowed, and 
call it good.

K
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