On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
> At 16:07 11/07/2014 +0006, Abraham Lee wrote:
>
>> Maybe just me, but I don't really like the look of that. I see the stems
>> are equidistant, but, at least to me, I feel like it's not balanced and it
>> makes the notehead spacing a little awkward... I'd still rather see the
>> default behavior. But we all can have our preferences :) Not sure if either
>> is "correct".
>>
>
> For what it's worth, Elaine Gould agrees, saying (on p. 41);
>
>> In certain cases, spacing should be adjusted to create an illusion of
>> evenness. Adjacent stems 'back to back' can otherwise look too close
>> together. Notes with stems away from each other can look too far apart.
>>
>
> Brian Barker
>
In the attached example, the unevenness of stem placement is very apparent.
As I remember it (have to dig up an old manual), the SCORE option was a
correction for this sort of situation.
--David
\version "2.18.2"
\paper {
tagline = ##f
}
up = \change Staff = "up"
down = \change Staff = "down"
\score {
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff = "up" {
\time 2/4
s2
}
\new Staff = "down" {
\clef bass
\override Beam.auto-knee-gap = 1
c32[
\up
c''
<cis'' dis''>
\down
c
\up
c''
\down
c <cis dis>
\up
c'']
r4
}
>>
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