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#### 7.7.5 Ancient flags

Use the `flag-style` property of grob Stem to select ancient flags. Besides the `default` flag style, only the `mensural` style is supported

>          \override Stem #'flag-style = #'mensural
>          \override Stem #'thickness = #1.0
>          \override NoteHead #'style = #'mensural
>          \autoBeamOff
>          c'8 d'8 e'8 f'8 c'16 d'16 e'16 f'16 c'32 d'32 e'32 f'32 s8
>          c''8 d''8 e''8 f''8 c''16 d''16 e''16 f''16 c''32 d''32 e''32 f''32

Note that the innermost flare of each mensural flag always is vertically aligned with a staff line.

There is no particular flag style for neo-mensural notation. Hence, when typesetting the incipit of a transcribed piece of mensural music, the default flag style should be used. There are no flags in Gregorian Chant notation.

##### Bugs

The attachment of ancient flags to stems is slightly off due to a change in early 2.3.x.

Vertically aligning each flag with a staff line assumes that stems always end either exactly on or exactly in the middle between two staff lines. This may not always be true when using advanced layout features of classical notation (which however are typically out of scope for mensural notation).

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