On Apr 18, 2006, at 9:19 AM, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
So which is more important when you are doing a figured bass?
to try to keep an even line across the page?
For example, would all the single figures be on the same baseline, if
you were to draw a line across the paper
with the line touching the base of those numbers, or would you expect
to see some numbers lower than others,
because of the stem/beams pointing down and going beneath the stave?
For me, typographically, I'd like to keep everything uniform, but my
hunch is that you can't--not if you can't flip the
beams upwards.
Yes, keep everything uniform in each system. Yes, you CAN do this, just
use the lyric baselines to adjust this, as you would for lyrics.
If you are unfamiliar with the lyric baseline adjustment triangles,
they appear in the left margin when you are typing in lyrics.
The left-most arrow adjusts the baseline for all staves, all systems.
The second arrow affects only this staff, but for the entire piece
(good for alto voice parts, where they are often colliding with lyrics
below the staff.)
The third arrow affect only this staff, for only this system. I suggest
you use this one, so you can keep an even baseline for the entire
system, but from system to system you can make adjustments to allow for
the odd downstem.
The fourth arrow affects the NEXT syllable you type, which makes it all
but useless. I never touch it.
Christopher
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