Re: Another Figured Bass problem

[David Kastrup]

Robert Blackstone <address@hidden> writes:

> Dear all, 
>
> In the Lilypond documentation it is shown how to stack BC figures, but I have 
> not
> been able to find how to put a figure in the second row with nothing above it.
> In my score I get:
> *
> but what I need is:
>
> *
>
> I got this result by entering \  before the number, like < \  3+ >, and 
> erasing the \ in
> the pdf.
> Doable but maybe not worthy of LilyPond.
>
> Is there a better method?

>From "Entering figured bass":

    Accidentals (including naturals) may be used for modifying scale
    steps.  These are entered by appending ‘+’ (for sharps), ‘-’ (for
    flats) or ‘!’ (for naturals) after the number.  For double
    accidentals the modifier is applied twice.  For the modification of
    the third step the number is often omitted, which can be achieved by
    using ‘_’ instead of a number.

So blanking entries is done by entering _ instead of a number.

-- 
David Kastrup