Different figured bass for multiple staves

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I am trying to engrave the following, the composition of multiple basslines with added figures to a given chorale melody.

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[Source: https://derekremes.com/wp-content/uploads/Kittel_24-at-Sibley-library.pdf]

I can create figures for the first bass stave, however when I try to create figures for the second bass stave, it treats it as the same as the first. Here is my attempt:
Kittel_24_chorales_basslines_for_melody.dorico (617.6 KB)

Is there a way to treat the figures independently across staves?
For reference, I am using Dorico Pro 3.5.11.1054

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Hi Victor, welcome back to the forum - someone asked basically the same as you earlier today! Read my reply to them here:

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Thanks for the prompt response Lillie!

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I’ve come across a second issue: in the above image on the third stave, I’m trying to engrave the figure “3/5” in that order, with the 3 on top and 5 underneath. In the Note Input Options setting, I’ve set the figured bass input option to Follow input literally, but Dorico appears to still order the figures with the 5 on top and 3 on the bottom. How do I override this ordering behaviour?

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You can use a tip suggested by my colleague Richard the other day :slight_smile:

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Hmm, however it doesn’t display the sharp 10th, #10 as just #, but instead displays it as #3.

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Check in Engrave > Engraving Options > Figured Bass for how to treat raised figures.

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I did, so my sharp 3’s do appear as just a ‘#’, but the sharp 10’s with the simplify compound intervals do not, instead they appear as #3.

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What result are you trying to get? Earlier you said “3/5”

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Yes sorry I wasn’t clear. I managed to get the “3/5” result, but I was wondering how to get a result like “#/5”, because if I do the solution you quoted, it’ll appear as “#3/5”, and the Engraving Options for Figured Bass are already set to display #3 as #.

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I’ve had similar frustrations inputting figured bass. As a few threads from last year pointed out, it seems ‘follow input literally’ doesn’t always work as described and one’s entries are sometimes unhelpfully ‘corrected’. I’d like to put in a plea to fully enable any reasonable user input so one doesn’t have to resort to all manner of workarounds.

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I would like to second this request and ask for high priority for this issue. There are many reasons to need a reordering of continuo figures- from making a faithful transcription of primary sources, to just one’s personal preference… But right now, in Dorico 5, the only way I can get it not to put a 7 on top is to use the compound intervals trick, but then if I need a # without a 3 above that 7, I can’t do it, as previously mentioned.

I am attempting to use the workaround of ‘show compound intervals as simple’, along with having “Show alterations only” selected in Engraving Options but I still can’t get the desired result.

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I would be personally grateful if you could issue a hotfix for this issue ASAP, as this functionality is needed immediately in the field.

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As an addendum, I felt the need to cite evidence re: Primary sources with continuo figures ordered differently than what Dorico currently allows as of version 5.1.51:

François Couperin - Leçons de tÊnèbres, c1714

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Thank you for your attention in this matter!