Re: Override start of figured bass continuation line

[Carl Sorensen]

 

 

From: lilypond-user <lilypond-user-bounces+carl.d.sorensen=gmail.com@gnu.org> on behalf of Jon Arnold <jonarnoldsemail@gmail.com>
Date: Friday, October 15, 2021 at 1:14 PM
To: Lukas-Fabian Moser <lfm@gmx.de>
Cc: lilypond-user <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Override start of figured bass continuation line

 

Here's an example:

\version "2.22.1"

\score {
  \new Staff {
    {
      <<
        {f''8 e'' d'' c'' b'2 |
         f''8 e'' d'' c'' b'2 }
        \new FiguredBass {
          \figuremode {  
          \bassFigureExtendersOn
          <[_!]>8 <_!> <_>8 q8 s2 |
          <[_!]>8 <_!> s16 <_> q8
          }
        }
      >>
    }
  }
}

 

I would like the note-spacing of the first bar combined with the continuation line of the second (or maybe something in between). I do not want the note spacing of the second measure.

 

Here’s an approach that’s different from Lukas’s.  It makes the invisible figure wider.

 

\version "2.22.1"

 

\score {

  \new Staff {

    {

      <<

        {f''8 e'' d'' c'' b'2 |

         f''8 e'' d'' c'' b'2 }

        \new FiguredBass {

          \figuremode { 

          \bassFigureExtendersOn

          <[_!]>8 <_!> 

          % we tell the spacing engine that the invisible bass figure has some extent, so the

          % continuation line is moved to the right.  Numbers are in staff spaces

          \once\override FiguredBass.BassFigure.X-extent = #'(0 . 1) <_>8  q8 s2 |

          <[_!]>8 <_!> s16 <_> q8

          }

        }

      >>

    }

  }

}

 

HTH,

 

Carl