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<h4 class="unnumberedsubsec">Figured_bass_engraver</h4>
<p>Make figured bass numbers.
<p>Music types accepted:
<p><a href="bass_002dfigure_002devent.html#bass_002dfigure_002devent">bass-figure-event</a> and <a href="rest_002devent.html#rest_002devent">rest-event</a>
<p>Properties (read)
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<dt><code>figuredBassAlterationDirection</code> (direction)<dd>Where to put alterations
relative to the main figure.
<br><dt><code>figuredBassCenterContinuations</code> (boolean)<dd>Whether to vertically
center pairs of extender lines. This does not work with three or more
lines.
<br><dt><code>figuredBassFormatter</code> (procedure)<dd>A routine generating a markup
for a bass figure.
<br><dt><code>implicitBassFigures</code> (list)<dd>A list of bass figures that are not
printed as numbers, but only as extender lines.
<br><dt><code>useBassFigureExtenders</code> (boolean)<dd>Whether to use extender lines
for repeated bass figures.
<br><dt><code>ignoreFiguredBassRest</code> (boolean)<dd>Don't swallow rest events.
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<p>This engraver creates the following layout object(s):
<p><a href="BassFigure.html#BassFigure">BassFigure</a>, <a href="BassFigureAlignment.html#BassFigureAlignment">BassFigureAlignment</a>, <a href="BassFigureBracket.html#BassFigureBracket">BassFigureBracket</a>, <a href="BassFigureContinuation.html#BassFigureContinuation">BassFigureContinuation</a> and <a href="BassFigureLine.html#BassFigureLine">BassFigureLine</a>.
<p><code>Figured_bass_engraver</code> is part of the following context(s): <a href="DrumStaff.html#DrumStaff">DrumStaff</a>, <a href="FiguredBass.html#FiguredBass">FiguredBass</a>, <a href="GregorianTranscriptionStaff.html#GregorianTranscriptionStaff">GregorianTranscriptionStaff</a>, <a href="MensuralStaff.html#MensuralStaff">MensuralStaff</a>, <a href="Staff.html#Staff">Staff</a>, <a href="TabStaff.html#TabStaff">TabStaff</a> and <a href="VaticanaStaff.html#VaticanaStaff">VaticanaStaff</a>.
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