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Subject:    Re: Figured bass: + and \
From:       Mats Bengtsson <mats.bengtsson () s3 ! kth ! se>
Date:       2002-07-25 15:00:11
Message-ID: 200207251500.RAA22949 () tern ! s3 ! kth ! se
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Yes, these symbols were commonly used, at least in late
baroque music. One main problem at the moment is that =

we don't have any font symbols for these slashed numbers.
Last time I looked into it, I thought the layout of the =

numeric font in Lilypond wasn't really well suited for this =

purpose, but maybe we could use it anyway for the moment
and maybe introduce some alternative font in the future.

I wouldn't make any distinktion between overstrike and
plus, it's just that the slash is differently oriented
for different numbers. In all cases it just indicates
an alteration and you have to understand from the context
if its a flat or a sharp. This also means that we can
(and should) keep the current input syntax. It's just a
matter of different typesetting conventions to indicate
the same thing. By setting a style property, you should
be able to get either the current layout with a separate
accidental (more common in early baroque) or the slashed
numbers (more common in late baroque). One problem is =

that several different typesetting conventions were used, =

not just two. I think I have seen the accidentals printed
both before, after or above the figure in different =

manuscripts.

   /Mats


> Here is a scan of what I was painfully trying to describe:
> http://nicolas.sceaux.free.fr/mutopia/detail_6_barre.png
> there is a little \ over the 6 (not /, my mistake).
> =

> Here is another scan, with the + symbol:
> http://nicolas.sceaux.free.fr/mutopia/detail_plus.png
> =

> Nicolas
> =

> Fri, 19 Jul 2002 00:42:23 +0200, tu as dit : =

> =

>  > nicolas.sceaux@free.fr writes:
>  >> Having recently upgraded to lilypond 1.5.68 (debian unstable packag=
e),
>  >> I was trying the figured bass context (which would be by the way ve=
ry
>  >> usefull for me). I have a question: Is it possible to have plus sig=
n,
>  >> like this:
>  >> 4+  =

>  >> 2
>  >> and an overstrike \ sign (as in the textscript #'(columns (overstri=
ke "6") "/")) ?
> =

>  > what do you want exactly (ie. / or \. should it on top of or after t=
he
>  > number? left or right? should be in stead of the double sharp. Do yo=
u
>  > want =

> =

>  >        4/
> =

>  > syntax?
> =

>  > --
>  > Han-Wen Nienhuys   |   hanwen@cs.uu.nl   |   http://www.cs.uu.nl/~ha=
nwen =

> =

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