Hi Holland,

When stems are beamed their lengths are controlled by the Beam's 'positions
property, so something like

\once \override Beam.positions = #'(-5 . -5)

before the first beamed note will change the length of the stems (choose
the values you want).

hth,
Kevin

On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 4:21 PM, holl...@hollandhopson.com <
holl...@hollandhopson.com> wrote:

> I’m working on some banjo tablature and I’d like to change the stem length
> for beamed stems when 2 non-adjacent strings are played together. I can use
> \override-s to lengthen and shift the stems of unbeamed notes. How can I
> change the length of beamed stems? It seems like beamed-lengths might hold
> the answer, but I haven’t figured out how to apply it or what the numbers
> mean. See the minimal example below.
> Thanks,
> Holland
>
> ************
>
> \version "2.18.0"
>
> \new TabStaff {
>         \set TabStaff.instrumentName = "Banjo"
>         \set TabStaff.tablatureFormat = #fret-number-tablature-format-banjo
>         \set TabStaff.stringTunings = #banjo-open-g-tuning %gDGBD
>         \tabFullNotation
>         \numericTimeSignature
>         \clef moderntab
>          \relative c'   {
> \time 4/4
>
> g8   < g'\5 d >8
> %how can I make this stem longer, like the unbeamed stem after it?
>                r2.     |
>
> g,8
>
>  \once \override Stem.length = #12 % make the stem longer
>   \once     \override Stem.Y-offset = #7 % moves the stem up
>   \once \override Stem.Y-extent = #'(-7.0 . 0.0)
> %moves the flag to the end of the moved stem
>
>               < g'\5 d >8
>
>
>   } % end of banjo notes
>   } % end of banjo voice
>
>
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