Re: Figured bass: "blank" extender

[Richard Shann]

Sorry - I attached the wrong file :(
Also, I should mention that LilyPond does not always achieve such nice
alignment with this syntax and the commands to raise and lower
individual figures are sometimes needed anyway.

Richard

On Sat, 2015-04-11 at 08:26 +0100, Richard Shann wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-04-10 at 23:59 -0700, flup2 wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm trying to achieve this result:
> > <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n174360/figured_543.png> 
> > 
> > The problem is to have the "3" at the same height of the 4, but blank space
> > above it. 
> 
> Hmm, curiously Denemo gives this as the default, I attach the LilyPond
> output from which you can extract the relevant bit. I suspect the reason
> is that Denemo generates the figure bass *above* the music bobbing along
> with the heights of the notes, which was the normal style for 18th c
> prints. LilyPond generates 19th c style figured bass, which is not so
> easy to play from (which no longer mattered in the 19th c as it was just
> an academic thing by then).
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
> > 
> > I tried to include an empty markup above the "3", but it didn't work.
> > Another idea would be to "blank" the extender.
> > 
> > Has someone an idea, or another solution?
> > 
> > 
> > 
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