Re: Figured bass: extender line without a number

[Jun Tamura]

Hi Lukas,

Thank you!

Would you kindly let me know where I can find the trick of “q” in the documentation?

Jun

2025/01/04 22:10、Lukas-Fabian Moser <lfm@gmx.de>のメール:

Hi Jun,

Am 04.01.25 um 14:01 schrieb Jun Tamura:

I’m trying to typeset J. S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2 and come across the attached figured bass. Is there a good way to achieve this in LilyPond? Bach often uses a short horizontal line, like a minus sign, instead of “3” to indicate the third. I can typeset that with:
< \markup “-“ >
but I cannot find a way to draw an extender line without a number at the beginning.

Thanks in advance for your help.

\version "2.24"

extend = \once\bassFigureExtendersOn

\layout {
  \override BassFigureAlignment.stacking-dir = #UP
}

<<
  \new FiguredBass \figuremode {
    s4 <2 4 6>2 <_>8 \extend q
    <5 6>4 <7>2 <5 6>4
    <5! 6\\>4 <2 4 6>2 <_>8 \extend q

  }
  \new Staff \relative {
    \clef bass
    \key d \major
    d4 cis2 d8 cis
    b4 g'2 b,4
    cis4 b2 cis8 b
  }
>>

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Lukas