John Nottle ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Could somebody answer a quite trivial but vexing question, please.  Does
>the stem of the note B natural, treble clef, middle line, go up or down?
>Is there a rule determining such?

I think the answer is: it depends.  If the B is the first note in a
phrase which goes up, then its stem will probably go down and vice versa.

Deryk Barker
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