In Bach’s BWV 1023 we find a very interesting figured bass, some people would call it 'Partimento". I cannot manage to get 6 and 6 on top of each other (bar 3 beat 3, first example) or 636 (bar 2 beat 2, second example). ! does not help nor does force input literary. Is there a solution?
Siebe, sadly this is not possible with Dorico’s built in Figured Bass system. One would have to fake this with text objects.
In an older thread I posted a feature request for a “literary-literary” mode, where one could even override the already existing literary mode - for exactly these cases.
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No, you can’t have two of the same number. (What does 6/6 mean, Johann?)
You’ll have to use text. My GoFigure font doesn’t do this; but I suppose I could add some instances.
That would be a nice option: ‘expert mode’, when you reproduce score you don’t want Dorico to try to be more intelligent!
Hi Ben, 66 would mean 636 because the third is normally always in the 6 chord. So on an E it would mean C_G_C. Of course this is a very rare figure! But it makes the figuring of this piece (and in many other places in this piece) very interesting!
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So one of the sixes is actually a 13th?
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Yes indeed!
Most interesting. I have played that sonata many times, but in all other editions I know of, the double sixes are omitted.
This goes more in the direction of partimento style of figuring, something that is not easily doable with the present figured bass capabilities of Dorico. Native functionality for partimento would indeed be a welcome addition! Until then, go for Ben’s suggestion.
Baerenreiter 5167 (so does the NBA) notates the double 6 in the Adagio ma non canto bar 13 and 22. It has also an excellent bc realisation by Zvi Meniker. Notating 13 would be possible but that is not what you want reproducing a score.
In Musescore one can put any figures in any order…
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Why not? It’s more accurate than suggesting two fingers on the same note! 
Bach’s use of 6 above a 6 is one method of saying “the 6th in the next octave up”. Writing “13” also conveys exactly the same information, and nothing of Bach’s original information is lost. That’s not an editorial change of meaning. The whole point of a modern edition is to use symbols and meanings with which a modern reader is familiar.
Anyway, if you give me a list of some common groupings, I can add them to the GoFigure font.
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