Re: Unusual cross-staff stem in Bartók

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Arle,

> That did indeed help. It got me 90% of the way there. When I actually applied 
> it in the piece I’m setting, I found that the length of the overridden stem 
> was pushing the other staff away. It didn’t do this in the example you made, 
> so I’m not sure what was interfering

You could always remove it from the spacing engine’s calculations:

\version "2.19.83"

ignoreH =
   \propertyTweak horizontal-skylines ##f
   \propertyTweak extra-spacing-width #empty-interval
   \etc

ignoreV =
   \propertyTweak vertical-skylines ##f
   \propertyTweak extra-spacing-height #empty-interval
   \etc

ignore = \ignoreH \ignoreV \etc

{
  \new PianoStaff <<
    \new Staff {
      bes'8[ <ces'' e''>]
    }
    \new Staff {
      \clef bass
      \voiceOne
      \autoBeamOff
      \crossStaff { \once \ignore Stem \tweak NoteColumn.X-offset #-1.175 
\tweak Stem.length 7 bes8 s }
      \autoBeamOn
    }
  >>
}

Hope that helps more!
Kieren.
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