Re: Grace note beams and stems

[Stan Sanderson]

On May 27, 2004, at 5:45 PM, Jim Sabatke wrote:

> Stan Sanderson wrote:
> > On May 27, 2004, at 1:26 PM, Jim Sabatke wrote:
> > > Two problems with grace note beams:
> > >
> > > 1. The beams are way too thick for my use.  I can get the single 
> > > grace note flags really thin, but haven't been able to find what to 
> > > set for the beams.
> > >
> > > 2. On a beamed grace note set like g32[ a' d' g], the a' note head 
> > > is up agains the bottom beam.  How do I lengthen the stems when the 
> > > heads are squeezed up too tightly?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > --
> > > Jim Sabatke
> > With respect to your second question, here is my solution to a 
> > similar problem:
> > \acciaccatura {\override Stem #'beamed-lengths = #'(3.6 4.2) af,16[ 
> > af']}
> > The upper note was originally hidden in the beam; by adjusting the 
> > beamed-lengths, I was able to achieve the desired results.
> > Stan
>
> Thanks Stan.  That is working!  I'm still guessing  at values, trying, 
> adjusting, etc.
>
> Is there an explanation of the values anywhere?
>
> --
> Jim Sabatke

I have looked an explanation without success. I've inferred that the 
numbers refer to successive barred stem lengths; the example in the 
manual has three stems and three numbers.

Stan