Neil Killeen wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> below is a fragment from an MTX file. I am simply trying to format two
> beamed (octave) quavers. No matter how I try to do it, the output is
> poor. I have tried all 4 combinations with the upper or lower note of
> the octave the anchor of the chord. In each case the stem is not long
> enough on one or both of the octave chords. Since PMX does not allow me
> to force the direction of a beamed-note stem,
pmx *does* permit forcing stem direction of beamed notes, see below.
> the only other thing I can
> do to make this acceptable to is to inhibit the beams (I actually want
> to format this sequence with a dotted quaver - semi quaver rythm so this
> will be tolerable).
>
> Any advice how I can straightforwardly work around this ?
>
the rememedy for your problems is the pmx forced beams directive. As
described in the pmx documentation this directive gives you a high level
of control over the appearance of the beams:
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[+6-1 e-8 ze+ d- zd+ ] e2 e4
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