Hi Paul,

It's hard to understand exactly what you're trying to do without being
able to see it. Does the following in any way resemble what you're
trying to do?

\score {
  \new RhythmicStaff {
    \set stemLeftBeamCount = #0
    c16[]
    r8.
  }
}

Kevin

On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 at 10:44, Paul Hodges <p...@cassland.org> wrote:
>
> I have been asked to set a modern piece for Flute, and it has some
> elements which are new to me, and which I have been unable to find a way
> to present.  The first of these is that the composer regularly writes
> rests within (or at the ends of) groups of quavers beamed together.
> Using manual beaming it is easy to get the beams to extend over the
> rests as required; however, in the manuscript (and in a printed copy of
> some other music of his) there is a stub stem from the beam towards the
> rest.
>
> I suppose I can draw this as an individual markup on each occasion, but
> doing this for dozens of cases is daunting, and I wonder if anyone can
> suggest a more practical approach?
>
> Thanks for any ideas!
> Paul
>

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