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Re: Stem Length (in percent?)
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Xavier Scheuer |
Subject: |
Re: Stem Length (in percent?) |
Date: |
Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:15:19 +0100 |
On 18 January 2011 18:15, Nils Gey <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> I hope this will be a quick answer.
>
> I am currently preparing scores, vocal SATB, but the publisher thinks
> the Bass staff stem length are not long enough.
> Is there a way to keep the auto-length but increase the length by,
> maybe, a percent value? I think I need around 105 or 106 percent of
> the original length.
\override Stem #'length-fraction = #(magstep 0.5)
It scales the length in proportion to the font size. The argument is
the change in font size. Since each step up is an increase of
approximately 12% of the font size, a value of 0.5 should be equal to
106 percent (default value is 0).
But I think there are other factors that influence stem length (IIRC
for example, there is a rule for low notes with stem up that say the
stem should go to the middle of the staff).
Cheers,
Xavier
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Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>