Re: Short stems

[Nick Payne]

On 18/12/12 09:35, Arle Lommel wrote:

I have run into an odd little aesthetic issue. I'm finding that some eighth (or shorter) notes get stems that are too short when they stick out from the staff.

You can change the default multiplier for stem lengths with

\override Stem.length-fraction = #(magstep n)

where n is the value you allocate to magstep to suit your needs. e.g.

\version "2.16.1"

\relative c'' {
  \override Stem #'length-fraction = #(magstep 1.5)
  <d g b>8 \stemDown <d f, d>8
}