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Re: Horizontal shifting of a figured bass symbol
From: |
Robert Blackstone |
Subject: |
Re: Horizontal shifting of a figured bass symbol |
Date: |
Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:13:40 +0200 |
On 26 Jul 2016, at 11:40 , David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> Robert Blackstone <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>>> \new FiguredBass {
>>>> \figuremode { \override BassFigure #'font-size = #-2
>>>> < \sh >1 < _ >1 |
>>>> }}
>>>>>>
>>>> }
>>>
>>> Any reason you are using \sh here instead of _+ ?
>>
>>
>> Hi David,
>> Yes, I do not at all like the accidentals in figured bass displayed in
>> LilyPond scores (way too small in comparison to the figures) so I
>> looked for some alternative that would give me more flexibility.
>> This (\sh) and similar commands for the flat and the natural, in
>> different sizes if necessary, works much better for me.
>> Replacing \sh with _+ in the ME makes the alignment marginally better,
>> though still not good enough for me, and the small size of the
>> sharp-symbol I find unacceptable.
>
> Well, you _are_ overriding the BassFigure font-size here. If you don't
> do that, the size becomes more reasonable.
>
> --
> David Kastrup
Hi David,
It is probably a matter of taste rather than of accepted practice.
Just to check your proposal I've enlarged the ME:
+++++++++++++++
sh = \markup { \fontsize #-2 \sharp }
\relative c {
<<
\new Staff { \clef "bass" \time 4/2
e1 a,4. g8 f4 g |
e'1 a,4. g8 f4 g |
e'1 a,4. g8 f4 g |
e'1 a,4. g8 f4 g |
}
\new FiguredBass {
\figuremode {
< \sh >1 < 6 >1 |
< _+ >1 < 6 >1 |
\override BassFigure #'font-size = #-2
< \sh >1 < 6 >1 |
< _+ >1 < 6 >1 |
}}
>>
}
+++++++++++++++
My preference is definitely what is displayed in bar 3, although I still would
like to be able to shift the # both a tiny bit upward and to the right.
But as I wrote, I do not know how that can be done.
Best regards,
Robert Blackstone