Figured_bass_engraver - LilyPond program-reference
Description: LilyPond program-reference

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#### Figured_bass_engraver

Make figured bass numbers.

Music types accepted:

bass-figure-event and rest-event

Properties (read)

`figuredBassAlterationDirection` (direction)
  Where to put alterations relative to the main figure.
`figuredBassCenterContinuations` (boolean)
  Whether to vertically center pairs of extender lines. This does not work with three or more lines
`figuredBassFormatter` (procedure)
  Routine generating a markup for a bass figure.
`implicitBassFigures` (list)
  List of bass figures that are not printed as numbers, but only as extender lines.
`useBassFigureExtenders` (boolean)
  Whether to use extender lines for repeated bass figures
`ignoreFiguredBassRest` (boolean)
  Don't swallow rest events.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: BassFigure, BassFigureAlignment, BassFigureBracket, BassFigureContinuation and BassFigureLine.

`Figured_bass_engraver` is part of contexts: DrumStaff, FiguredBass, GregorianTranscriptionStaff, MensuralStaff, Staff, TabStaff and VaticanaStaff

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