RE: Figured bass stacking direction default

2008-06-13 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
> -Original Message- > From: James E. Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 10:38 AM > To: Carl D. Sorensen > Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Figured bass stacking direction default > > > Am 13.06.2008 um 18:15 schrieb Carl D.

Re: Figured bass stacking direction default

2008-06-13 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 13.06.2008 um 18:15 schrieb Carl D. Sorensen: My question: Should the default value of stacking-dir result in <4 6> producing 6 4 Dear God, please no. When you think of a chord, you name it in that order, c-e-g. When you think of a figured bass 8 5 3 you name it as you read it,

Figured bass stacking direction default

2008-06-13 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
In working through the figured bass section of NR as part of the GDP, I've found something that seems counter-intuitive to me. When entering a chord, the lowest note comes first, followed by the higher notes: 2. In the figured bass examples I find on the web, the lowest steps are generally (p