Kenneth, The auto beaming can be overridden using [......]. Look up "manual beaming" in the docs. Stem direction can be changed with \stemUp and \stemDown. Attached is a start.
Mark -----Original Message----- From: lilypond-user [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Kenneth Wolcott Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2022 7:10 PM To: Lily Pond <lilypond-user@gnu.org> Subject: How to get cross-staff beaming? Should be automatic; it's not. Why? Hi; Making progress on the \change Staff Lilypond feature now. However, the current incarnation of my Swan Lake harp part (one bar so far), does not have a complete beam (only each triplet has a beam). I thought that this would be automatic. Please see attachments. Thanks, Ken Wolcott
\version "2.22.2" % Swan Lake global = { \language "english" \time 4/4 \key d \major \tempo "Moderato" } \header { title = "Swan Lake" composer = "Tchaikovsky" } \score { \new PianoStaff << \new Staff = "upper" { \clef treble <> \change Staff = "lower" \tuplet 3/2 { b,8\mf([d b } \change Staff = "upper" \tuplet 3/2 { \stemDown d'8 fs' b'] } \tuplet 3/2 { d''8 [b' fs' } \change Staff = "lower" \tuplet 3/2 { \stemUp d'8 b fs]) } | % m01 } \new Staff = "lower" { \clef bass s1 } >> }