Hi Bart, I'm away from my computer so I can't verify what I'm about to say, but I think that once a note is beamed it is actually the beam that controls the lengths of the stems. I think you need to override the Beam's positions property (if memory serves) to accomplish what you want.
Kevin On Sun, Oct 18, 2020, 20:38 bart deruyter <bart.deruy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to typeset a score of Sor, a piece with three voices and have > trouble finding a way to shorten the stem length of the middle voice to > make it fit to be between the outer voices. No matter how low I set the > number of Stem.length, it does not shorten. > Here is a simplified version of my code: > > \version "2.19.40" > classicalGuitarA = \relative c' { > \tuplet 3/2 {fis16 g fis} eis8 fis > } > classicalGuitarB = \relative c' { > \override Stem.direction = #-1 > \override Stem.length = #8 > d8 cis d > } > classicalGuitarC = \relative c { > d4. > } > \score { > \new Staff \with { > } { \time 3/8 \clef "treble_8" << \classicalGuitarA \\ > \classicalGuitarC \\ > \classicalGuitarB > >> } > } > this is the result: > [image: image.png] > what I'd need is this: > [image: image.png] > Thanks in advance for pointing me in the right direction :-) > > Bart Deruyter > > https://esmiltania.be > On Twitter <https://twitter.com/Bart_Issimo> > On Google+ <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/116379400376517483499/> >