On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Abel Korzeniowski wrote:
In itself, this would make not a big deal, but...
that kind of symmetrical groups is
IMMUNIZED TO PATTERSON BEAMS!
Unfortunately, Finale does not tell plugins the direction of stems. (Believe me,
I've requested it!) As a result, PB (and other
David, of course you're right, that it is ambiguous
according to the middle-line stem reversal rule
(stems-down is _preferred_ anyway),
but IMO the majority rule, which applies primarily to
stem direction of chords, holds true also in this particular case.
Please note that Finale stems down also
All the major notation references I have seen state that notes beneath
the middle line of the staff have stems up, that notes above the middle
line have stems down and that notes ON the middle line can have their
stems go either way. In the case of beamed notes which straddle the
middle line,
