Re: New figured bass capabilities and some request

[Erik Sandberg]

On Sunday 16 October 2005 00.15, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> John Mandereau wrote:
> >>what does +6 mean?
> >
> > It means the 6th is raised by a semitone; it is often (but not always)
> > used for the leading-tone (the 7th degree of the scale).
> >
> > For example, let's take the dominant seventh chord (in C Major <g b d'
> > f'>).
> >
> > Its 3rd inversion (i.e. its position with the 7th at the bass -- in C
> > Major <f g b d'>) is described with bass figure +4, because the interval
> > between the bass note and the leading-tone is a(n augmented) 4th.
> >
> > Similarly, the second inversion of this chord (with the 5th at the bass)
> > is described with bass figure +6.
>
> Ok, so the plus and slash refer to the harmonical function, whereas the
> sharp and flat refer to the alteration within the scale? So a
>
>    <des f as ces>
>
> in 3rd inversion would be denoted by +4 flat ?

FWIW, Wikipedia says that the convention is to write the + after and 
accidentals before the number, as in
4+
#4

see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figured_bass

This suggests that there should be tweakable plusDirection ={LEFT,RIGHT} and 
accidentalDirection properties.

-- 
Erik