Re: Change stem direction for voice?

[Stefano Antonelli]

On Sun, 2024-08-25 at 20:54 +0100, Timothy Lanfear wrote:
> > That works just fine, but I don't want to create an explicit
> > voice.  I
> > should have mentioned that.
> 
> I think you have some misunderstandings about the way LilyPond
> functions.

Indeed.  And I appreciate you correcting them.

> The \\ construct automatically creates voices formatted as if
> \voiceOne, \voiceTwo etc., were present, although it seems these
> commands are not used explicitly. 
> 
> I can't see any method to achieve what you desire without explicitly
> creating voices and using overrides.

Right.  I had a look at the code and there's no way to change those
automatically created voices.  They use a function called make-voice-
props-set and unless it can be overridden, the behaviour can't be
changed.

The application is drum notation where the note's position on the staff
doesn't determine the stem direction.  It would be nice if lilypond had
a mode for this, but I didn't see it anywhere.