Re: Offset beam positions

[David Nalesnik]

On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 7:34 PM, David Nalesnik <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Joseph,
>
> Showing the use of \offset within Kieren's rewrite (you do need to add
> some space between the staves):
>
> On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Kieren MacMillan
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hi Joseph,
>>
>>> I am trying to set the following measure:
>>
>> The attached modified snippet does what you want, I believe. Note that I 
>> tweaked the Beam.positions AND added padding between the PianoStaff staves.
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>> Kieren.
>>
>> %%%  SNIPPET BEGINS
>> \version "2.19.58"
>> \language "english"
>>
>> global = {
>>   \key e \minor
>>   \time 4/4
>> }
>>
>> rightOne = \relative c'' {
>>   \global
>>   b16 as b cs as8. b16 b8 fs'16 cs! d8 as! |
>> }
>>
>> rightTwo = \relative c'' {
>>   \global
>>   d,8 [cs~] \stemDown \tweak Beam.positions #'(-4.5 . -5.25) cs \change 
>> Staff = "left" \stemUp fs16 cs d8 as b8 fs'16 cs |
>> }
>>
>
> with \offset:
>
> rightTwo = \relative c'' {
>   \global
>   d,8 [cs~] \stemDown \offset positions #'(1.25 . 1) Beam cs \change
> Staff = "left" \stemUp fs16 cs d8 as b8 fs'16 cs |
> }
>

One more thing: definitely add a \once in front of \offset (or use in
its tweak syntax...)