Re: creating a stringHarmonic function

[Neil Puttock]

2009/5/15 Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden>:
> Hi Neil,
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
>> Tricky without another voice, since there's only one stem for all the
>> noteheads. You can change the length of a stem by overriding 'length,
>> but you'd need to be careful about stem direction because negative
>> values will be required, and you won't be able to start a stem on the
>> parenthesized note:
>
> I notice that Lilypond can do the *opposite* of what I want (with an
> \override of #'stem-end-position) -- is there a way I can trim the stem from
> the other end (e.g., #'stem-begin-position)?

The closest would be #'stem-attachment, which is the pair of
coordinates where the stem is attached to the notehead.

Regards,
Neil