Change the direction of stems

By default, Staventabs Pro automatically determines the directions of stems. However, you can change the stem direction of all notes in a voice via the Instrument editor.

Let's make the stems of the notes on the bass clef staff point downwards.

Automatically determined directions of stems
  1. Choose Instrument > Instrument Editor… (from the Instrument menu at the top of your screen), or press Shift-Command-E Shift Command E .

  2. In the Instrument editor, go to the Tracks Tracks section section.
    Tracks section in the Instrument editor
  3. Click the Voices row located below the Track · Bass (F4) C heading.
    Voices list of the bass track in the Instrument editor
  4. Using the Stem direction Stem direction switcher switcher, change the direction from Automatic to Downwards for the voice 1.
    The stem direction set to downwards for the voice 1 in the Instrument editor
  5. Click Done to apply changes.
    The stems on the bass clef staff pointing down
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