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It is just about the presentation of the music (how it looks). If the stem of every note on the stave was the same, the stems would go too far up and if there's a stave above that one,stems would encroach on where extra 'leger lines' would be drawn and the music would look messy. By turning the stem 'upside-down', the stem drops down the stave instead, making the music look neater.

It DOES NOT change the timing or pitch of any note.

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