Re: Alignment of ‘non-extremal’ bass figures

[Simon Albrecht]

On 16.01.2016 12:16, Thomas Morley wrote:
> 2016-01-16 0:44 GMT+01:00 Simon Albrecht<address@hidden>:
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >does anyone know how to vertically align the 9 and 8 in the following
> > >example?
> > >
> > >\version "2.19.35"
> > >\score {
> > >   <<
> > >     { s1 }
> > >     \figures {
> > >       <10 9>4  <8>
> > >     }
> > >   >>
> > >}
> > >
> > >TIA, Simon
> Hi Simon,
>
> aligning 9 and 8 makes only sense, if the 10 from the first continues
> in the second BassFigure.

That will be implied if the figures are aligned.

> In this case you should use
> BassFigureContinuation, which can be made transparent, ofcourse.

Good idea. I’m poking in the dark a little bit, since I don’t have the 
source at hand, only scholarly editions (one from the late 19th century, 
one very recent). It seems that the older one tampers less with the 
original way of notation here…

Best, Simon