Re: Grace note beams and stems

[Mats Bengtsson]

Stan Sanderson wrote:
> On May 27, 2004, at 5:45 PM, Jim Sabatke wrote:
>
> > 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?
> >
> > --
> > Jim Sabatke
>
>
> I have looked an explanation without success. I've inferred that the 
> numbers refer to successive barred stem lengths; the example in the 
> manual has three stems and three numbers.

Manual -> Stems -> Stem object leads you to
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.2/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond-internals/Stem.html
which documents the property. When you only specify two numbers, the
first one will apply to eighth notes and the second to 16th and shorter.

   /Mats