Re: Accidental-only in figured bass

[Urs Liska]

Am 03.07.2016 um 13:27 schrieb David Kastrup:
> Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Am 03.07.2016 um 12:54 schrieb David Kastrup:
>>> Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>>> I have the impression I'm missing something stupid, but I'm unable to
>>>> figure out (pun intended) how to print something like
>>>>
>>>>  7
>>>>  #
>>>>
>>>> instead of
>>>>
>>>>  7
>>>> #3
>>>>
>>>> in figuremode.
>>>>
>>>> How can I achieve that?
>>> Anything wrong with \figures { < 7 _+ > } here?
>>
>> No, except that it isn't explicitly mentioned on
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/figured-bass (you
>> can only extract it from two general examples while it's not listed on
>> the list of provided functions).
> 
>    Vertical spaces and brackets can be included in figures:
> 
>      \figures {
>        <[12 _!] 8 [6  4]>
>      }
>      [image src="lilypond/3a/lily-426e6f45.png" alt="[image of music]" 
> text="image of music"]
> 

OK, but then this should be disentangled: adding a vertical space but
*not* add an (undocumented) natural at the same time.

>> I've added a patch for this:
>> https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/4915/
> 
> That contradicts "Vertical spaces [...] can be included in figures."
> since you state "Accidentals (including naturals) can be added to
> figures or printed on their own:" as if vertical space wasn't part of
> figures.

OK.
Then I suggest to remove the natural from the previous ("vertical
space") example and rewrite my new paragraph accordingly.

An alternative would be not to add my example and extend the vertical
space one. But I find that would stuff too much in that paragraph.


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Urs Liska
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