Re: Forcing note ... tail orientation

[Valentin Villenave]

2008/8/9 Alberto Simões <address@hidden>:

> How can I force the note... erm... tail to go up or down, instead of the
> automatic orientation based on the note position in the stave?

In LilyPond, this is called a Stem. You can use

\stemUp or \stemDown

and then go back to the automatic behavior using

\stemNeutral

http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/user/lilypond/Direction-and-placement.html

Cheers,
Valentin