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Longa with a long stem

In LilyPond, the longa does not have a stem in the default style. If, for modernized old notation, you want to force a stem to appear and control its length, you can …

…--functions mylonga = #(define-music-function (pitch) (ly:pitch?) #{ \tweak Stem.length 9 %exagéré pour l'exemple \tweak Stem.thickness 0.5 % if style mensural ------------ %\once \… …1 \omit Staff.TimeSignature \mylonga g'^"longa long stem" \mylonga c'' \override Staff.NoteHead.style = #'baroque …

…note heads on the opposite side of the stem

…a chord to the opposite side of the stem. This snippet allows you to do that by …

…of the stem: % The left side for a stem pointing up and % the right side for a … …context { \Voice %% Construction-helper %\override Stem.color = #red %\override Stem.layer = #20 %% Test-settings %\override Stem.thickness = #2 %\override NoteHead.style = #'diamond %\override …

Tremolo slash at the stem midpoint

…the tremolo slash in the middle of the stem, between the notes. Here is a way to …

…#(lambda (grob) (let* ((dir (ly:grob-property grob 'direction)) (stem (ly:grob-parent grob X)) (stem-stil (ly:stem::print stem)) (stem-Y (ly:stencil-extent stem-stil Y)) (stem-len (- (cdr stem-Y) (…

Rewriting the Stem stencil using markup paths

…no visible effect, it just redoes the existing stem stencil. % You can use this as a base. … …cons 0 (interval-start Y-ext)))) #f)) \relative c' { \override Stem.stencil = #path-stem | c1 | c8 d8 e8 f8 g8 f8 e8 d8 c2 c2 \override Stem.stencil = #lightning-stem | c1 | c8 d8 e8 f8 g8 …

Preventing stem extension

…new Voice { f2 f8 g a b \override Stem.no-stem-extend = ##t f2 f8 g a b } \new Voice { c''2 c8 b a g \override Stem.no-stem-extend = ##t c2 c8 b a g } >> } }

…of spoken parts with a cross on the stem (Sprechstimme)

speakOn = { \override Stem.stencil = #(lambda (grob) (let* ((x-parent (ly:grob-parent grob … …-4 #:musicglyph "noteheads.s2cross")) -2.3)))) } speakOff = { \revert Stem.stencil \revert Flag.stencil } \score { \new Staff { \relative …

…ily" Syntax is: \include "modernGregorian.ily" ... \cadenzaOn \omit Stem 'note'... \melisma { \lst 'note' \mli 'note' \sli 'note' \tli 'note' } where: \lst goes for long stem \mli goes for medium ligature \sli goes for …

…to be saved as "modernGregorian.ily" %%%%%%%%% %%%% Defining new stem/ligatures: % long stem lst = #(define-music-function (mus) (ly:music?) … …432)" } } } } zslotar = \transpose c c' { \clef G \omit Stem d d d \melisma { f g \lst a } … …c c' { \clef G \key a\major \omit Stem \melisma { d \lst e } e \bar "|" \melisma { \lst …

Stem lengths on beamed notes can be varied by … …the beamed-lengths property of the details of the Stem. If a single value is used as an …

\relative c'' { \override Stem.details.beamed-lengths = #'(2) a8[ a] a16[ a] … …Stem.details.beamed-lengths = #'(8) a8[ a] \override Stem.details.beamed-lengths = #'(8.5) a8[ a] \revert Stem.details.beamed-lengths a8[ a] a16[ a] a32[ a] …

…A note head may have more than one stem or none, Slurs may be nested arbitrarily and …

…staff \override Slur.color = #(x11-color "purple") \hide Stem s1 \once \override Slur.height-limit = #6 \once \override … …Slur.extra-offset = #'(0.5 . -0.25) \override Stem.length = #0 g4_( s2. s1 g,4) s s1 s2 \undo \hide Stem \undo \hide NoteHead } >> \bar "|." } } >> } \score { << \staffPiano >> \layout { indent = …

Automatically changing the stem direction of the middle note based on the …

LilyPond can alter the stem direction of the middle note on a staff …