Beam across barlines

• Mar 14, 2012 - 10:15

Hi :-)

I found a bug in MusesScore 1.2 (also in 1.1).

When trying to create a beam across the barlines, there's a problem if there is a line break. The beam goes all over the line (it should be broken).

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Comments

Mitocondria

• Mar 14, 2012 - 10:20

Sorry for the double post (ups!)

ChurchOrganist

• Mar 14, 2012 - 10:51

Is this beaming pattern conventional?

I was always taught that you shouldn't beam across the beat like that in compound time, but rather use slurs to indicate the manner of performance.

Mitocondria

• Mar 14, 2012 - 11:08

Yes, indeed. It's Brahms music (it isn't contemporary music)

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• Mar 14, 2012 - 11:13

MuseScore doesn't support beam over a line break or broken beam. Can someone create a suitable feature request with example(s) ?

Mitocondria

• Mar 14, 2012 - 11:31

Ok, lasconic
I'll do :)
Thank you :D

ChurchOrganist

• Mar 14, 2012 - 11:22

There were some very weird things done in music engraving in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many of which are deprecated now.

I'm no expert, but maybe this is one of them?

In any case, MuseScore should be able to cope with it for historical accuracy if nothing else, but I suspect that this should be a feature request rather than a bug report.

So how does Brahms cope with the end of a line in this way? Could you attach a graphic of the orginal score?

Mitocondria

• Mar 14, 2012 - 11:30

Sure :)

At the end of the first line, the beam is broken in order to continue in the second staff.
Anyway, i have to say it isn't so weird. Stravinsky and Bartók (and others) use this, so I think it's important.