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> From: Knute Snortum <[email protected]>
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> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 09:46:29 -0700
> Subject: How to lengthen stems in beamed groups
> Hi list,
>
> I'm hoping someone can give me insight into how to lengthen stems in
> beamed groups globally.
>
> LilyPond usually makes good assumptions and has great defaults, but in
> this situation it fails to create good stem lengths in beamed groups. I've
> attached some sample code that illustrates the problem. With the following
> line commented out, you can see that the stems are too short
> (stem-too-short.png):
>
> \override Stem.details.beamed-lengths = #'(3.5 4.1)
>
> With the above line uncommented, the stem lengths are better, except the
> second measure, right hand, third beat (stem-lengths-better.png).
>
> My questions are these: How do I tell LilyPond what length the shortest
> stem in a beamed group should be? (I tried playing
> with Stem.details.beamed-minimum-free-lengths, but its behavior seemed
> chaotic.) And is there a better way to control stem lengths in beamed
> groups?
>
> --
> Knute Snortum
>
This may be too broad of a brush, since it also affects non-beamed stems.
\override Stem.length-fraction = #(magstep 1.2)
But this is what I use, and I don't mind the extra-long non-breamed stems.
\version "2.24.0"
\language "english"
global = {
\time 12/8
\key f \major
}
rightHand = \relative {
\global
d''4.~\startTrillSpan d16\stopTrillSpan c bf a g f bf8 g' e! c bf g' |
\noBreak
a,16 g f e f a d, f d bf g e' f bf, a g a c f,4 r8 |
}
leftHand = \relative {
\global
\clef bass
f16 d bf a bf d f, bf d f e! d e c bf a bf c g bf e g f e |
f8 a, d bf8.\trill a32 bf c8 f,4 r8 r16 c' a c f,8 |
}
\score {
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff {
\override Stem.length-fraction = #(magstep 1.2)
\rightHand
}
\new Staff {
\override Stem.length-fraction = #(magstep 1.2)
\leftHand
}
>>
\layout {
indent = 0
\context {
\Score
% defaults = #'(3.26 3.5 3.6)
\override Stem.details.beamed-lengths = #'(3.5 4.1)
% defaults = #'(1.83 1.5 1.25)
%\override Stem.details.beamed-minimum-free-lengths = #'(1.83 3.33)
% defaults = #'(1.0 0.5 0.25)
%\override Stem.details.stem-shorten = #'(1.0 0.5 0.25)
}
}
}
HTH,
Elaine Alt
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