Re: Stems for rests under quaver beam

[Paul Hodges]

Brilliant!  That's perfect.

I'd tried writing a note with the rest glyph as notehead, but then the
stem was too long - your solution is both easier and more controllable.

Thanks,
Paul


On 22/08/2021 11:33:47, "Thomas Morley" <thomasmorley65@gmail.com> 
wrote:

>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
>