Re: cross-staff stems

[Knute Snortum]

On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 10:33 PM Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> wrote:

> The documentation does not explicitly relate stem direction with
> location of command.  So I am very fortunate to have your expertise.

Can you please suggest a better wording that I can add to the
documentation?

Well, this is the first time I've heard that the \crossStaff shouldn't be applied to the lower notes.  The documentation ( https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-keyboards#cross_002dstaff-stems ) shows an example with the \crossStaff in the bass clef staff:

\layout {
  \context {
    \PianoStaff
    \consists "Span_stem_engraver"
  }
}

{
  \new PianoStaff <<
    \new Staff {
      <b d'>4 r d'16\> e'8. g8 r\!
      e'8 f' g'4 e'2
    }
    \new Staff {
      \clef bass
      \voiceOne
      \autoBeamOff
      \crossStaff { <e g>4 e, g16 a8. c8} d
      \autoBeamOn
      g8 f g4 c2
    }
  >>
}

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Knute Snortum