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RE: stem direction for main notes vs. grace notes
From: |
Sven Axelsson |
Subject: |
RE: stem direction for main notes vs. grace notes |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:56:16 +0200 |
Use
\layout {
\context {
\Voice
\override Stem #'direction = #-1
}
}
Also, see here for bagpipe otation with Lilypond.
http://www.svenax.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=sheetmusic&file=index
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P/S Sven Axelsson, The Murray Pipes & Drums of Gothenburg
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Mrozek [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: den 22 juli 2005 14:38
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: stem direction for main notes vs. grace notes
>
> For my particular application (highland bagpipe notation) I want to
> have all the main notes to be stemDown, and all the grace-notes be
> stemUp.
>
> I am auto-generating lilypond code with a program, and I want to use
> the \stemDown "macro" after setting the key and before I spit out any
> of the notes. Everything works fine when the first note is a
> main note.
> My problem is that if the first note is a grace-note, then that first
> grace-note group gets the stem down and nothing else does.
> It appears
> that when the "grace" construct is closed, the context is closed, and
> the stem direction reverts back to the default.
>
> By the way.... this is inconsistent with the behavior for
> \override Stem #'transparent = ##t
> which applies to both main and grace-notes, for all the
> remaining notes
> in the voice.
>
> My present work-around is to place a "\once \stemDown " string in
> front of every low note throughout the entire score. Is there a more
> global way that I could do this?
>
> Here is a fragment of my "broken" test case....
>
> voice1= {
> \key d \major
> \override Stem #'transparent = ##t
> % the next line could also be \stemDown
> \override Stem #'direction = #-1
> \grace { g'16[ d''16 cis''16] } d''8.[
> e''16] g'8[
> a'8]
> }
>
> Eric
>
>
>
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