John Nottle <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>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?

All other things being equal, it traditionally goes down.

(I don't have my music notation manual on me, but I remember that one
direction is preferred, and I just tried it out in Sibelius, which I
assume gets it right.)

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