Re: Stem length in upper voice

2005-12-05 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
liang seng wrote: Hi, after viewing some printed scores, I now understand why. Normally, music notes higher than the middle line of a staff have downward stems. However, in polyphony, the upper voice has upward stems. I think the reason the stem lengths are shorter is to prevent clashes or over

Re: Stem length in upper voice

2005-12-05 Thread liang seng
Hi, after viewing some printed scores, I now understand why. Normally, music notes higher than the middle line of a staff have downward stems. However, in polyphony, the upper voice has upward stems. I think the reason the stem lengths are shorter is to prevent clashes or overlaps with noteheads

Re: Stem length in upper voice

2005-12-04 Thread liang seng
Hi, I think I'll accept that explanation. Still, it looks kind of strange. Can I still manually elongate the stems to override this? ___ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond

Re: Stem length in upper voice

2005-12-04 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
liang seng writes: > Hi, I still don't get it. Have a look at nicely engraved scores. > How come? Evolution. Jan. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien | http://www.lilypond.org ___

Re: Stem length in upper voice

2005-12-04 Thread Thomas Scharkowski
Yes. > Hi, I still don't get it. Different stem lengths of different voices > and that is standard notation? How come? Do you mean that even in > printed scores, the stem length of the upper voice will be shortened > if the notehead is above the middle line of the staff? > >

Re: Stem length in upper voice

2005-12-04 Thread liang seng
Hi, I still don't get it. Different stem lengths of different voices and that is standard notation? How come? Do you mean that even in printed scores, the stem length of the upper voice will be shortened if the notehead is above the middle line of the staff?

Re: Stem length in upper voice

2005-12-03 Thread Thomas Scharkowski
No, this is standard notation practice. Thomas Bochum Germany > Hi, I'm afraid I don't understand your question. If its not an optical > illusion, the upper voice's stem length is shorter than the lower > voice's. Surely both should have the same lengths. > > > > > ___

Re: Stem length in upper voice

2005-12-03 Thread liang seng
Hi, I'm afraid I don't understand your question. If its not an optical illusion, the upper voice's stem length is shorter than the lower voice's. Surely both should have the same lengths. ___ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://li

Re: Stem length in upper voice

2005-12-03 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
liang seng writes: > the stem length of the upper voices seems too short Why do you think they are too short? Jan. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien | http://www.lilypond.org

Stem length in upper voice

2005-12-03 Thread liang seng
Hi, in the following file: \version "2.7.18" \relative c'' { << { d8 d d d } \\ { d d d d } >> } the stem length of the upper voices seems too short if compared with the stem lengths of the lower voice. Is this a known bug? test.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document __