Re: Stem length adjustment

[Mats Bengtsson]

??? The property stem-length only applies to notes typeset within
text markups with the \markup{ \note ... } function.

The length of unbeamed stems is determined by the 'length' property
of the Stem object. The corresponding property for notes with beams
is called 'beamed-lengths'.
These properties specify the normal length and LilyPond has fairly
advanced algorithms to calculate the actual length to give a results
that looks nice. The property that Roland mentions below determines the
minimum length of stems when there is a beam.
All this is documented if you go to the on-line documentation, section
"Stems" and follow the link to the program reference of the Stem object.

If you have problems with the notation terms in English, I recommend
the music glossary, also available from the documentation web page.

   /Mats

Roland Goretzki wrote:
> Hello list, hello Donald,
>
> You wrote:
>
>
> > I need to adjust stems manually so that they do not collide.
> > How can I do that?
> >
> > In the example below stems grow longer when there are no beams (4rths)
> > however, LilyPond ignores stem-length when there are beams.
> >
> > What can I do?
>
>
> Do You want to lengthen beamed stems?
> Just before about two or three hours I needed this, and after a while
> reading the documentation (It's always a little bit hard for me, because
> I'm not an English native speaker)-: I found a solution for my problem
> with:
>
>     \override Voice.Stem #'beamed-extreme-minimum-free-lengths = #'(1.5 1.5 1.5)
>
> where the first number is for eights, the second for
> sixteenths and the third number for 32ths (if I understood all correct).
> For more than three beams You have to add more numbers.
>
> Perhaps this is helpful to You?
>
> Best Regards           Roland
>
>
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