Re: stem direction for main notes vs. grace notes

[Eric Mrozek]

Okay, that overrides the stem direction for all voices. If I want to 
limit the scope to just a single voice, how would I do that?

Maybe I've found a bug?.... using the following code in the Mac OSX 
version of lilypond, I get extra time-signatures on both staves, 
key-sigs in different locations between the staves, and different stem 
direction behavior between the staves. The only difference between the 
voices is whether the first note has grace-notes applied to it or not.

%lilypond
\version "2.6.0"

voiceOneMusic =  {
 \time 4/4
 \key d \major
 \override Voice.Stem #'direction = #-1
 \grace {    g'16[    d''16    cis''16]  }
   d''8.[    e''16]
 \grace {    g''16[    fis''16    g''16]  }   fis''4     g'4  a'4
}

voiceTwoMusic =  {
 \time 4/4
 \key d \major
 \override Voice.Stem #'direction = #-1
% \grace {    g'16[    d''16    cis''16]  }
   d''8.[    e''16]
 \grace {    g''16[    fis''16    g''16]  }   fis''4     g'4  a'4
}

\score{
   \new StaffGroup <<
      \new Staff <<
         \context Voice { \voiceOneMusic }
      >>
      \new Staff <<
         \context Voice { \voiceTwoMusic }
      >>
    >>
   \layout { }
}

Thanks for being patient with me, I'm still learning the details of the 
syntax.

Eric

P.S. Having a Mac OS X executable is outstanding. Many thanks to the 
authors/programmers.


On Jul 22, 2005, at 5:56 AM, Sven Axelsson wrote:

> Use
>
> \layout {
>   \context {
>     \Voice
>     \override Stem #'direction = #-1
>   }
> }
>
> Also, see here for bagpipe otation with Lilypond.
> http://www.svenax.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=sheetmusic&file=index
>
> --
> P/S Sven Axelsson, The Murray Pipes & Drums of Gothenburg
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eric Mrozek [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: den 22 juli 2005 14:38
> > To: address@hidden
> > Subject: stem direction for main notes vs. grace notes
> >
> > For my particular application (highland bagpipe notation) I want to
> > have all the main notes to be stemDown, and all the grace-notes be
> > stemUp.
> >
> > I am auto-generating lilypond code with a program, and I want to use
> > the \stemDown "macro" after setting the key and before I spit out any
> > of the notes. Everything works fine when the first note is a
> > main note.
> > My problem is that if the first note is a grace-note, then that first
> > grace-note group gets the stem down and nothing else does.
> > It appears
> > that when the "grace" construct is closed, the context is closed, and
> > the stem direction reverts back to the default.
> >
> > By the way.... this is inconsistent with the behavior for
> >     \override Stem #'transparent = ##t
> > which applies to both main and grace-notes, for all the
> > remaining notes
> > in the voice.
> >
> > My present work-around is to place a  "\once \stemDown " string in
> > front of every low note throughout the entire score. Is there a more
> > global way that I could do this?
> >
> > Here is a fragment of my "broken" test case....
> >
> > voice1=  {
> >   \key d \major
> >     \override Stem #'transparent = ##t
> > % the next line could also be \stemDown
> >     \override Stem #'direction = #-1
> >     \grace {    g'16[    d''16    cis''16]  }   d''8.[
> > e''16]   g'8[
> >   a'8]
> > }
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
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