Re: stem length plus beam

[Jonathan Kulp]

Herman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to change the length of a stem. I know how to do it but not when multiple
> notes are beamed together, e.g. 4 16th notes. SO how can I change the stem
> length for notes that are beamed?

What I like to do in this situation is use a function "slant" that 
adjusts the stems using a pair of numbers.  Just fiddle with the numbers 
until you get what you want.  Here's a minimal example:

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\version "2.12.1-1"

slant =
#(define-music-function (parser location positionA positionB) (number? 
number?)
  #{
    \once \override Beam #'positions = #(cons $positionA $positionB )
  #})


\relative c'' {
  c8 d e f
  \slant #-3 #-4
  c d e f
}

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