Beaming over rests
What to do when you're beaming over a rest and the rest gets in the way of your beam? Do you move the rest or the beam? (See attached)
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I would move the beam, just a gut feeling.
In reply to I would move the beam, just a by [DELETED] 5
Yes would move the beam too.
Moving the rest would make it look wrong.
In reply to I would move the beam, just a by [DELETED] 5
I am writing a long score where I have eighth - note sixteenth rest - sixteenth note. How do I "move the beam" over the rest to get the eighth note and the FOLLOWING sixteenth note to be one idea? MuseScore wants, in a series of these figures, to attach the sixteenth note to the Following eighth note, not the previous one.
Thanks.
In reply to Beam over rests by TubaMan_
To extend a beam over a rest, click the rest and then double click the "middle of beam" icon on the Beams palette.
In reply to Beam over rests by TubaMan_
Thank you for that helpful hint. Now, how do I disconnect the first sixteenth note from the following eighth note, sixteenth rest, sixteenth note figure?
In reply to Thank you for that helpful by TubaMan_
All beaming is controlled by using the icons on that same palette. See the Handbook entry on Beam for more information.
BTW, looking at your score, it appears you've been trying to stretch slurs to appear to extend to multiple notes. Aside from being more work than necessary, it doesn't won't work well either - your adjustments will not look right as formatting changes, plus playback won't be correct if/when slur playback is implemented. See Line to see how to adjust the end points of slurs.