Re: Whole note tremolo repeats - bug ?

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Lasse,

> The following lilypond code:
>
> c''''1:16
>
> should (in my opinion) produce a whole note, with the slashes for  
> tremolo repeats inside the staff (see the attached scan).

Why should it look like the scan?
That is, what engraving reference (e.g., Gardner Read) do you have  
which indicates that the tremolo should be inside the staff?

> However, lilypond creates something which has the tremolo  
> indication in the ledger
> lines (see second image). This doesn't look good - is it a bug, or  
> am I missing something?

Try
    \override StemTremolo #'Y-offset = #-5.5 c''''1:16

Hope this helps!
Kieren.