Re: Reducing length of stems of beamed notes after \stopStaff

[Nate Whetsell]

That worked, thank you!

> On Apr 18, 2022, at 5:34 AM, Thomas Morley <thomasmorley65@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Am Sa., 16. Apr. 2022 um 13:49 Uhr schrieb Nate Whetsell
> <nathan.whetsell@gmail.com>:
>> 
>> I’m trying to put some beamed notes (no staff lines, time signature, or 
>> anything else) in a \markup block. To do this, I’m using a Staff with 
>> several engravers \remove’d, using \stopStaff to eliminate staff lines, and 
>> then setting Stem.details.beamed-lengths to reduce the length of stems. 
>> However, setting Stem.details.beamed-lengths seems to have no effect after 
>> \stopStaff, so the stems are too tall. Is there some other way to get short 
>> beamed notes in a \markup block?
>> 
>> Here is an example showing what I’ve tried:
>> 
>> \markup { \justify {
>>  Lorem ipsum pqpqpq dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do 
>> eiusmod
>>  tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore.
>>  \score {
>>    % Normal Staff with \stopStaff (stems too tall)
>>    \new Staff \with {
>>      \remove "Bar_engraver"
>>      \remove "Clef_engraver"
>>      \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
>>      \magnifyStaff #(magstep -3)
>>    } {
>>      \stopStaff
>>      \override Stem.details.beamed-lengths = #'(3)
>>      \relative { \time 6/8 \stemUp b'8 8 8 }
>>    }
>>    \layout { ragged-right=##t indent=0 }
>>  }
>>  \score {
>>    % RhythmicStaff with \stopStaff (stems too tall)
>>    \new RhythmicStaff \with {
>>      \remove "Bar_engraver"
>>      \remove "Clef_engraver"
>>      \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
>>      \magnifyStaff #(magstep -3)
>>    } {
>>      \stopStaff
>>      \override Stem.details.beamed-lengths = #'(3)
>>      \relative { \time 6/8 \stemUp b'8 8 8 }
>>    }
>>    \layout { ragged-right=##t indent=0 }
>>  }
>>  \score {
>>    % Normal Staff *without* \stopStaff (stems shorter, but staff lines shown)
>>    \new Staff \with {
>>      \remove "Bar_engraver"
>>      \remove "Clef_engraver"
>>      \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
>>      \magnifyStaff #(magstep -3)
>>    } {
>>      \override Stem.details.beamed-lengths = #'(3)
>>      \relative { \time 6/8 \stemUp b'8 8 8 }
>>    }
>>    \layout { ragged-right=##t indent=0 }
>>  }
>> } }
> 
> \stopStaff is not the right tool for your purpose.
> Why not adding
> \override StaffSymbol.line-count = 0
> to the Staff's \with
> ?
> 
> Cheers,
>  Harm