is it possible to beam across multiple staves w/o auto-layout adjustments?
I'm trying to engrave a bit of piano music where the two hands share a beam, which the composer has written beneath the staff, for space/layout reasons. As far as I can tell, moving the upper staff's beam down to sit 'on top' of the lower staff is impossible: it creates space for itself by forcing the lower staff to move down. Hiding and unchecking auto-place don't fix this.
Attached is a picture of how I'd like it to look (fixed up in Inkscape) and an example file: I've tried in two ways, both by putting in in a 2nd voice on the lower staff, and just putting it on the upper staff.
Any ideas? And, if not, is this something that seems reasonable to ask for in a future update?
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UPDATE: I have figured out the trick! it's a bit annoying but it works fine: instead of just turning off 'auto-place' on the beam itself, you also need to uncheck it for EVERY stem attached to that beam, then it can be moved down as far as needed!
In reply to UPDATE: I have figured out… by bcdaurelle
I was able to do it by placing the note for the upper staff in a different voice and using "cross-staff notation" (https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/cross-staff-notation). Easier than turning off Auto-place on beam and stem: simply turn it off for the entire note.
Be sure to hide one of the 5s from each quintuplet and (obviously) the rest for the omitted high note.
Personally, I think this is a poor choice. I would notate it simply with separate quintuplets in the upper and lower staves. Simpler to read, IM(NH)O.