Re: \magnifyMusic stem-length enigma

[David Kastrup]

Mark Polesky <address@hidden> writes:

> Can anyone help me solve this?
> Why do these two beam groups have different stem lengths?

If the beam/stems were mirror images of each other, the noteheads in the
left group would be closer to the beams than the noteheads in the right
group since the noteheads are attached to the right of the stems rather
than being centered on them.

It would be an interesting question whether one should actually
disregard this in the distance calculations in order to avoid
quantization introducing "symmetry artifacts" like this.  Or perhaps do
a mixed strategy: make distances that would provide the proper clearance
regardless of whether the notehead would be attached to the right or the
left of the stem.

> I prefer the second one, but I have no idea how to get the
> first one to look like that.
>
> \version "2.19.9"
>
> \relative c'' {
>   \magnifyMusic 0.5 {
>     c32[ c d d] d[ d c c]
>   }
> }


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David Kastrup