Re: Stems for rests under quaver beam

[Thomas Morley]

Am So., 22. Aug. 2021 um 11:41 Uhr schrieb Paul Hodges <pwh@cassland.org>:
>
> I have been asked to set a modern piece for Flute, and it has some
> elements which are new to me, and which I have been unable to find a way
> to present.  The first of these is that the composer regularly writes
> rests within (or at the ends of) groups of quavers beamed together.
> Using manual beaming it is easy to get the beams to extend over the
> rests as required; however, in the manuscript (and in a printed copy of
> some other music of his) there is a stub stem from the beam towards the
> rest.
>
> I suppose I can draw this as an individual markup on each occasion, but
> doing this for dozens of cases is daunting, and I wonder if anyone can
> suggest a more practical approach?
>
> Thanks for any ideas!
> Paul
>

How about:

\relative {
  r8[ b b r] b[ r r b]
  \override Stem.stemlet-length = #1.0
  r8[ b b r] b[ r r b]
}

Cheers,
 Harm