Making cross-staff beams look better
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Cross-staff beams may not look always good; this snippet demonstrates how to get better results.
\version "2.24.0"
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=508
\score {
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff = "RH" { \clef treble \time 3/4 s2.*2 }
\new Staff = "LH" { \clef bass \time 3/4 s2.*2 }
\context Staff = LH
\relative c' {
\stemDown % Change into \stemUp to fix the bug
c,8 [ g'
\change Staff = RH
d' a' e' b' ]
% This makes the second beam look much better.
\override Beam.concaveness = #0
b [ e, a, d,
\change Staff = LH
g, c, ]
}
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}
% Prevent bad cropping.
\markup \null
\paper { tagline = ##f }