Irregular rhythmic group encompassing only part of beamed group
Hi,
in your experience with music notation have you ever seen a case of an irregular rhythmic group (like a triplet) encompassing just a part of a beamed group of notes?
Thanks
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Can you provide a picture ? Even a bad drawing with a drawing software.
In reply to Can you provide a picture ? by [DELETED] 5
Even if the drawing sucks the irregular rhythmic group (triplet) is supposed to include only the two central notes (first and last notes are not part of the triplet). Have you ever seen this usage of beaming around? thank you.
In reply to drawing by subichan
Occasionally I've seen triplets beamed with non-triplets, but it is usually easier to read if the beam is separated.
In your example you only have two eighth notes in the "triplet". I assume you actually want three?
I don't think it a good idea to beam a tuplet with other non-tuplets *of the same rhythmic value* (eg, triplet eighths with other eighths), and if I've ever seen anyone do this, I would would chalked it up to inexperience on the part of the arranger.
But beaming, say, a sixteenth triplet with an eighth - that is perfectly common and indeed correct behavior. Breaking the beam between the eighth and the sixteenth triplets for no reason is just as wrong as breaking the beam between an eighth and two ordinary sixteenths. The fact that MuseScore does not allow one to connect an eighth to a a sixteenth triplet - much less do it by default as it really should - is one item on a thankfully short list of limitations that affect use of MuseScore in otherwise straightforward scores.
In reply to I don't think it a good idea by Marc Sabatella
MuseScore does not connect the beams of triplets with beams on either side of it by default, but it is possible (as shown in Capture.png above).
For instructions on changing beams see Beam in the handbook.
In reply to MuseScore allows beams to connect by David Bolton
Doh! Thanks, my mistake. I think I was remember that this feature was added pretty recently, and I may have even commented on it before, but then promptly forgot it was possible. FWIW, before posting, I had tried to make it happen to see if it worked, but using "start subbeam" icon instead of the "middle of beam" icon.