Read's The Elements of Style: "The stems, flags, and beams of the single grace-note or grace-note group are usually drawn up, regardless of their position on the staff, although publishers are by no means consistent in this practice."
Hope that helps. Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: dhbailey<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: finale@shsu.edu<mailto:finale@shsu.edu> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] stem direction for grace notes? Raimund Lintzen wrote: > What is the rule for stem direction > > when a single (8th) grace note (flag not crossed) > > preceed a note: > > Is there a fixed rile for stem direction? > > Thank you for helping! > I don't think there's any hard-and-fast rule. I seem to recall seeing grace note stems mostly going opposite to the stem-direction of the notes they precede, but I don't think I would say it's always the case. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu<mailto:Finale@shsu.edu> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale<http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
