Figured bass hold lines

Figured bass hold lines indicate that chords remain the same over changing notes in the bass. Dorico for iPad can show hold lines for figures that have duration.

By default, Dorico for iPad does not show hold lines between suspensions and resolutions or after resolutions. You can hide/show hold lines for individual figures.

Figure 1. Figure (selected) with no duration
Figure 2. Figure (selected) with duration and hold line
Tip
  • In addition to lengthening/shortening figured bass figures after they have been input, you can use the Duration property in the Figured Bass group of the Properties panel to change the duration of figures in quarter notes. The left value field allows you to change the duration, and the right value field allows you to specify that the hold line ends at the position of a grace note.

    For suspensions, you can use the Resolution pos. property to change the position of the resolution figure relative to the suspension figure.

  • You can move figures graphically in Engrave mode, including changing the graphical length of hold lines.