On Friday, 7 January 2000, Alasdair McAndrew writes:
> I've just started investigating LilyPond, and I have two questions:
>
> - What is the easiest way of increasing the stemlength? I find the
> default a little too small for my liking. I've been playing around
> with the stemLength variable, but so far to no avail.
What version of LilyPond?
1.3.x:
%s.fly
a''
% short stem
%urg: stemLength is given in halve spaces?
\property Voice.stemLength = #5
a
% long stem
\property Voice.stemLength = #10
a
% normal again
\property Voice.stemLength = ##f
a
if you want to override the default, you can (1.3) override 'stem-length'
from scm/paper.scm:
#(define stem-length '(3.5 3.5 3.5 4.5 5.0))
for 1.2, see ly/params.ly
> - How can I change the angle of a beam? I have some notes spaced
> (vertically) quite far apart for which I'd like to adjust the
> beaming, and I need to place the beam "by hand", so to speak. How
> can I tweak the position of a given beam?
This is still experimental. With > 1.3.12, you can use
% from upper staffline to centre
\property Voice.beamVerticalPosition = #10
\property Voice.beamSlope = #10
[c'8 c]
> Thanks for this!
You're welcome.
Jan.
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