Feathered beams
I would like to write in MuseScore the same shape I read here. Does someone know how to manage it, please? 
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You can't do that particular type of feathered beaming in MuseScore without some major workaround that I won't even attempt. See the first several paragaphs in https://musescore.org/en/handbook/beams for info on using feathered beams.
In reply to You can't do that particular… by mike320
Thank-you mike320!
What MuseScore can do is controlled by the feather icons on the Beam Properties palette. See the Handbook section on Beams for more info. I'm not sure you can get exactly that look though.
In reply to What MuseScore can do is… by Marc Sabatella
Thank-you Marc!
You can do it but it involves a lot of effort. Musescore treats the whole beam as a single entity and won't let you feather only part of the beam. You could create the first 7 notes in Voice 1 and the next group in Voice 2. Feather the second group's beam and to link (visually only) the two groups you could add a hidden note #8 to the first group.
In reply to You can do it but it… by underquark
Wouldn't feathering a beam be the same thing (sound-wise) as just doing an accelerando on those notes?
In reply to Wouldn't feathering a beam… by odelphi231
not really. It's more of a shortcut to writing something like a
128th note followed by a
64th note followed by a
32th note followed by a
16th and so on with other lengths in between.
All of the notes are played within a certain number of beats and only one instrument may be playing the feathered notes while the others are playing at a constant tempo. So the actual tempo of the song doesn't actually change.
In reply to not really. It's more of a… by mike320
I'm trying to improve my skills in using MuseScore, by copying contemporary organ music: I have found this shape and I'm attempting to rewrite it exactly.
In reply to You can do it but it… by underquark
Many thanks, underquark, and best compliments for your creativity.
I have taken two lines from palette, I have enlarged them to 0,45, I have put them "not automatic positioned" and I have placed them. Of course, it doesn't affect the playback and it must be made only when the layout is ultimated.
![Feathered beams.png]( "Feathered beams.png")
In reply to I have taken two lines from… by Stefano Rattini
I wouldn't recommend this approach as it will be very "fragile" - the slightest change in layout due to edits later or changes in the default layout in future versions of MuseScore and this won't look right. Instead, I'd go for something more like underquark's method. Probably other variations on that method are possible that might be a little simpler.
In reply to I wouldn't definitely… by Marc Sabatella
The first measure hear is underquark's, the second is my variation. A 7-tuplet and a 6-tuplet both in voice 1, with heir beams joined. Then another 6-tuplet in voice 2 overlapping the one in voice 1 (same pitches), noteheads made invisible, beam forced horizontal to match the other, then feathered. Only one "manual" adjustment is then required, to raise the feathered voice 2 beam to align with the top of the voice 1 beam, and that adjustment is pretty robust - unlikely to be too adversely affected by future changes to the score or its layout.
In reply to The first measure hear is… by Marc Sabatella
I think this is a convincing solution. Beams stay anchored to their notes and not "swimming" in the score. What a fresh and fertile creativity, best compliments and thankyou very much!