Re: Reducing length of stems of beamed notes after \stopStaff

[Thomas Morley]

Am Sa., 16. Apr. 2022 um 13:49 Uhr schrieb Nate Whetsell
<nathan.whetsell@gmail.com>:
>
> I’m trying to put some beamed notes (no staff lines, time signature, or 
> anything else) in a \markup block. To do this, I’m using a Staff with several 
> engravers \remove’d, using \stopStaff to eliminate staff lines, and then 
> setting Stem.details.beamed-lengths to reduce the length of stems. However, 
> setting Stem.details.beamed-lengths seems to have no effect after \stopStaff, 
> so the stems are too tall. Is there some other way to get short beamed notes 
> in a \markup block?
>
> Here is an example showing what I’ve tried:
>
> \markup { \justify {
>   Lorem ipsum pqpqpq dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do 
> eiusmod
>   tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore.
>   \score {
>     % Normal Staff with \stopStaff (stems too tall)
>     \new Staff \with {
>       \remove "Bar_engraver"
>       \remove "Clef_engraver"
>       \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
>       \magnifyStaff #(magstep -3)
>     } {
>       \stopStaff
>       \override Stem.details.beamed-lengths = #'(3)
>       \relative { \time 6/8 \stemUp b'8 8 8 }
>     }
>     \layout { ragged-right=##t indent=0 }
>   }
>   \score {
>     % RhythmicStaff with \stopStaff (stems too tall)
>     \new RhythmicStaff \with {
>       \remove "Bar_engraver"
>       \remove "Clef_engraver"
>       \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
>       \magnifyStaff #(magstep -3)
>     } {
>       \stopStaff
>       \override Stem.details.beamed-lengths = #'(3)
>       \relative { \time 6/8 \stemUp b'8 8 8 }
>     }
>     \layout { ragged-right=##t indent=0 }
>   }
>   \score {
>     % Normal Staff *without* \stopStaff (stems shorter, but staff lines shown)
>     \new Staff \with {
>       \remove "Bar_engraver"
>       \remove "Clef_engraver"
>       \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
>       \magnifyStaff #(magstep -3)
>     } {
>       \override Stem.details.beamed-lengths = #'(3)
>       \relative { \time 6/8 \stemUp b'8 8 8 }
>     }
>     \layout { ragged-right=##t indent=0 }
>   }
> } }

\stopStaff is not the right tool for your purpose.
Why not adding
\override StaffSymbol.line-count = 0
to the Staff's \with
?

Cheers,
  Harm