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2.2.141 Stem_engraver

Create stems, flags and single-stem tremolos. It also works together with the beam engraver for overriding beaming.

Music types accepted: tremolo-event

Properties (read)

currentBarLine (graphical (layout) object)

Set to the BarLine that Bar_engraver has created in the current timestep.

stemLeftBeamCount (integer)

Specify the number of beams to draw on the left side of the next note. Overrides automatic beaming. The value is only used once, and then it is erased.

stemRightBeamCount (integer)

See stemLeftBeamCount.

This engraver creates the following layout object(s): Flag, Stem, StemStub and StemTremolo.

Stem_engraver is part of the following context(s) in \layout: CueVoice, DrumVoice, KievanVoice, MensuralVoice, PetrucciVoice, StandaloneRhythmVoice, TabVoice and Voice.