Beaming notes in 6/8 time.
I have sections of a score where there are one eighth note followed by one eighth rest followed by one eighth note. I want to beam the two eighth notes, but the beam tool does not let me do this. Is this because of the rest separating the notes? If so, how can I accomplish the beaming? Many 6/8 scores beam notes in this fashion.
Thanks for your help.
Ralph
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Click the the rest, go to Beams palette, double-click Beam middle.
In reply to Click the the rest, go to… by underquark
Just following up on this... In 6/8 time, I find this:
...much easier to read than this:
...as do most players I know. It's entirely kosher, too—from Alfred's "Essential Dictionary of Music Notation":
In MuseScore 4, Is it still necessary to select each rest manually and extend the beam over it? Or is there finally a way to set default behaviour for beaming over rests within normally-beamed groups?
I've looked in Time Signature Properties (R-click time signature > Time Signature Properties), but as far as I can tell, you can control only note beaming there.
For what it's worth, my 14-year-old Sibelius 6 had a "Beam Over Rests" box:
...that, when selected, caused rests within that score's normally-beamed groups to be beamed over automatically. Seems like a pretty easy approach—but I know people here have varying opinions about how many choices MS should allow us. 😏 Thanks!
In reply to Just following up on this… by Andy Fielding
"In MuseScore 4, Is it still necessary to select each rest manually and extend the beam over it? "
Fortunately, no!I
Many things in MuseScore can be set and affined by the feature: Select / More - see GIF below.
NB: Of course, you can also simplify the process in a single step for your particular use case. Simply select/More, and press OK in the dialog box. All rests will be selected, so click on the symbol in the Beam Properties palette.
I wanted to show that there's an additional ability to refine the choice according to the value of the rests (which Sibelius 6 doesn't seem to allow?)
This can be useful in certain situations.
In reply to Fortunately, no!I Many… by cadiz1
Sorry to take so long to reply here (finally catching up!).
I've made this as easy as possible by using Preferences (F5) > Shortcuts to create keyboard shortcuts for:
"Break beam left" (I use Ctrl+Alt+4)
" Join beams" (I use Ctrl+Alt+5)
These shortcuts then work on whatever you've selected, even in different bars or systems.