Re: figures above staff in explicit FiguredBass

[Leo Correia de Verdier]

Something like:

\version "2.20.0"
<< 
  \new Staff = "basso" {
    \clef bass c1 }
  \new FiguredBass \with { alignAboveContext = "basso" }
  \figuremode {  
    <7>2 <6-> }    
>>


> 2 sep. 2020 kl. 11:25 skrev Leszek Wroński <elwro1@gmail.com>:
> 
> Dear Experts,
> 
> I would like to have the figures in my figured bass to be engraved above the 
> staff. This piece of documentation: 
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/snippets/contexts-and-engravers 
> says the following:
> 
> "When writing a figured bass, you can place the figures above or below the 
> bass notes, by defining the BassFigureAlignmentPositioning.direction property 
> (exclusively in a Staff context)."
> 
> My problem is that I am not in a Staff context. Based on a previous 
> suggestion by Carl Sorensen about horizontal alignment of figures (thank you 
> very much again!) I am now using an explicitly instantiated FiguredBass:
> 
> {
>   \clef bass << { c2 }
>                 \new FiguredBass  { \figuremode  <7>2 <6-> }}                
>   >>
> }  
> 
> What should I do to position the figures above the staff? Thank you very much 
> in advance!
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Leszek Wroński.