Re: enlarging default stem length

[Nick Payne]

On 14/04/13 17:49, Helge Kruse wrote:
> I find that sometimes the notes looks clumsy. I think the length of 
> the stem is too short as in this example:
>
> \version "2.16"
>
> \score { \relative c { \clef bass
>     \times 4/6 { f,16 c f g a c }
>     \times 4/6 { a g f c f, c' } r2 |
>    }
> }
>
> I would like the stem length as in this example:
>
> \score {  \relative c { \clef bass
>     \once \override Beam #'positions = #'(2 . 3)
>     \times 4/6 { f,16 c f g a c }
>     \once \override Beam #'positions = #'(2.5 . 1.5)
>     \times 4/6 { a g f c f, c' } r2 |
>   }
> }
>
> I am reluctant to splatter this overrides all over the score. Can I 
> set this somehow with a general?

This does approximately what you want:

\score { \relative c { \clef bass
    \override Stem.length-fraction = #(magstep 3)
    \times 4/6 { f,16 c f g a c }
    \times 4/6 { a g f c f, c' } r2 |
   }
}