RE: stem direction for main notes vs. grace notes

[Sven Axelsson]

Use 

\layout {
  \context {
    \Voice
    \override Stem #'direction = #-1
  } 
}

Also, see here for bagpipe otation with Lilypond.
http://www.svenax.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=sheetmusic&file=index

-- 
P/S Sven Axelsson, The Murray Pipes & Drums of Gothenburg
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Mrozek [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: den 22 juli 2005 14:38
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: stem direction for main notes vs. grace notes
> 
> For my particular application (highland bagpipe notation) I want to 
> have all the main notes to be stemDown, and all the grace-notes be 
> stemUp.
> 
> I am auto-generating lilypond code with a program, and I want to use 
> the \stemDown "macro" after setting the key and before I spit out any 
> of the notes. Everything works fine when the first note is a 
> main note. 
> My problem is that if the first note is a grace-note, then that first 
> grace-note group gets the stem down and nothing else does.  
> It appears 
> that when the "grace" construct is closed, the context is closed, and 
> the stem direction reverts back to the default.
> 
> By the way.... this is inconsistent with the behavior for
>     \override Stem #'transparent = ##t
> which applies to both main and grace-notes, for all the 
> remaining notes 
> in the voice.
> 
> My present work-around is to place a  "\once \stemDown " string in 
> front of every low note throughout the entire score. Is there a more 
> global way that I could do this?
> 
> Here is a fragment of my "broken" test case....
> 
> voice1=  {
>   \key d \major
>     \override Stem #'transparent = ##t
> % the next line could also be \stemDown
>     \override Stem #'direction = #-1
>     \grace {    g'16[    d''16    cis''16]  }   d''8.[    
> e''16]   g'8[  
>   a'8]
> }
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
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