beams between beats

• Oct 1, 2024 - 00:04

MuseScore keeps add adding beams between notes in adjacent beats.
Beam properties is set to auto.
How to prevent this?

Comments

• Oct 1, 2024 - 00:10

The default beaming for a staff is controlled by the time signature properties. If you want a different grouping change the grouping in the time signature properties. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/beams#set-default-beams

And if you want to control beaming note by note see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/beams#change-beaming

dnlgrey

• Oct 1, 2024 - 06:56

Thanks for your answer.
The instructions worked for only 1 staff (piano treble).
Then entereed notes in the bass cleff and it reverted back to the default beaming.
Yes did save in properties after making the beaming changes.
Want to make the beam changes for all of the same time signatures in the score.

Jojo-Schmitz

• Oct 1, 2024 - 07:09

Yes, these changes are per staff

dnlgrey

• Oct 1, 2024 - 19:09

Thanks, didn't see the 'per staff' in the documentation, but custom time signature worked

SteveBlower

• Oct 1, 2024 - 09:39

Having adjusted the beaming in the time signature you can add it to a palette and use it elsewhere. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/time-signatures#custom

dnlgrey

• Oct 1, 2024 - 19:08

Thanks again. Didn't notice that the documentation says 'per staff', which seems strange, but the custom time signature worked