Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ("Versuch" vol. II 1762, Ch. 1, § 76) demonstrates several glyphs to designate bass figures given relative to the right-neighbouring bass note, useful for accented passing notes in the bass:
He declares the slash (variant 2) to be the best. This symbol is also being employed by Emanuel Aloys Förster ("Anleitung zum General-Bass" 1804, "Practische Beyspiele" ~1820) with the same meaning:
(Note the differing spacing/positioning conventions in Förster's two examples.)
Would it be sensible/possible/desirable to add
the slash symbol,
Bach's other variants (the "zero", the "half zero" and the "m" which looks like a trill)
to the standard? As far as I can see, they are not included at the moment.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ("Versuch" vol. II 1762, Ch. 1, § 76) demonstrates several glyphs to designate bass figures given relative to the right-neighbouring bass note, useful for accented passing notes in the bass:
He declares the slash (variant 2) to be the best. This symbol is also being employed by Emanuel Aloys Förster ("Anleitung zum General-Bass" 1804, "Practische Beyspiele" ~1820) with the same meaning:
(Note the differing spacing/positioning conventions in Förster's two examples.)
Would it be sensible/possible/desirable to add
to the standard? As far as I can see, they are not included at the moment.