%}
-\version "1.3.42";
+\version "1.3.59";
-%hmm, (these) abbrevs suck, imo
-% i guess they're meant as some form of doco
-% that's what i use them for...
+%{
stemup = \property Voice.verticalDirection = \up
stemboth= \property Voice.verticalDirection = \center
stemdown = \property Voice.verticalDirection = \down
+%}
+
+stemup = \property Voice.basicStemProperties \push #'direction = #1
+stemdown = \property Voice.basicStemProperties \push #'direction = #-1
+stemboth= \property basicStemProperties \pop #'direction
slurup = \property Voice.slurVerticalDirection = \up
slurboth = \property Voice.slurVerticalDirection = \center