Questions: stemlets, tuplets, and beams

[Reilly]

Casey,

On Dec 26, 2007, at 9:07 AM, address@hidden wrote:

> 1) Is there a way to create "stemlets"
> (i.e. short stems unconnected to noteheads)
> when beams extend over rests?

Here you go:

%BEGIN snippet

notes = \new Voice \relative c'' { c8[ d r e] r[ f g a] }

\score {
                \new Staff << \notes >>

\layout { ragged-right = ##t }

%END snippet

Use open [ and close ] to start and stop the beaming. Include whatever 
rests you want in the interior.

Cheers,

Jeremiah