Re: Grace note beams and stems

[Jim Sabatke]

Stan Sanderson wrote:
> On May 27, 2004, at 1:26 PM, Jim Sabatke wrote:
>
> > Two problems with grace note beams:
> >
> > 1. The beams are way too thick for my use.  I can get the single grace 
> > note flags really thin, but haven't been able to find what to set for 
> > the beams.
> >
> > 2. On a beamed grace note set like g32[ a' d' g], the a' note head is 
> > up agains the bottom beam.  How do I lengthen the stems when the heads 
> > are squeezed up too tightly?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --
> > Jim Sabatke
>
> With respect to your second question, here is my solution to a similar 
> problem:
>
> \acciaccatura {\override Stem #'beamed-lengths = #'(3.6 4.2) af,16[ af']}
>
> The upper note was originally hidden in the beam; by adjusting the 
> beamed-lengths, I was able to achieve the desired results.
>
> Stan

Thanks Stan.  That is working!  I'm still guessing  at 
values, trying, adjusting, etc.

Is there an explanation of the values anywhere?

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