Hi,
You might try with \figuremode instead of \figures. The figures will
appear above the staff, but \bassFigureStaffAlignmentUp will not work.
Hope this helps,
Jean
Le jeudi 28 août 2025 à 22:58 -0400, Aleksa Jakovljevic a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to get some figured bass above a staff but none of the
> solutions in the documentation appear to work. Minimal example (yes,
> the placement of bass figures extenders is a bit hacky, but they're
> exactly where I want them and they are not linked with this issue) is
> as follows:
> \version "2.24.2"
>
> \language "deutsch"
>
> global_IX = {
> \key b \major
> \time 3/8
> \partial 8
> }
>
> continuo_IX = {
> \relative c' { r8_\markup{ \italic "senza Bassono grosso" } | r b a
> | r g d | es f g | f16 g a b c a | f8 b f | r c' f, }
> }
>
> continuoFiguren_IX = {
> \figures { \set figuredBassAlterationDirection = #RIGHT \set
> figuredBassPlusDirection = #RIGHT
> s8 | s8 s16. \bassFigureExtendersOn <_>32 <_>8
> \bassFigureExtendersOff | s s <6> | <6 5> s <6> | <6 4> <6> s | <7>
> s16. \bassFigureExtendersOn <_>32 <_>8 \bassFigureExtendersOff | s <6
> 4 3> s }
> }
>
> \book {
> \header { }
>
> \score {
> <<
> \new Staff = "Continuo" {
> \new Voice {
> \clef "bass" \global_IX \compressMMRests \continuo_IX \bar"|."
> }
> }
> \context Staff = "Continuo" {
> \bassFigureStaffAlignmentUp
> \continuoFiguren_IX
> }
> >>
> }
> }
>
> And despite the appropriate command being present what I get as a
> result is this:
> image.png
> I must be missing something but I can't see what...
>
> Thanks,
>
> A.J.
> harpsichordist / organist / musicologist
> Montreal, Canada
