MuseScore beams notes according to the beaming setting assigned in the time signature symbol used by the note and the beaming property of the note. By default, notes do not have any specific beaming property. If a property is assigned to a note, it is always used.
See the main chapter Time signatures
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These items are in the Beam Properties palette, see Using the palettes chapter.
Note property items:
This item removes the specific beaming property of a note. Notes without specific beaming property use the setting of time signatures, see overview:
The following items assign rules. Dismissive rules override permissive rules.
This item creates a dismissive rule on beam creation connecting the selected note and both of the two adjacent notes. It forces Musescore to use flags rather than beams.
These three items create dismissive rules on beam creation connecting the selected note and the previous note:
This item creates a permissive rule on beam creation connecting the selected note and both of the two adjacent notes:
Applying note property items
These items are in the Beam Properties palette, see Using the palettes chapter.
Beam property items:
To create feathered beams use one of the following methods:
Please note that only beams with two or more components (i.e. 16th notes or shorter) can become feathered.
See the table above for a description of the beam symbol effects.
Properties specific to beams can be edited from the Beam tab of the Note section in the Properties panel:
Beam types: Alter the beaming pattern at selected notes.
Feather beams: Ditto.
Force horizontal: Make beams of selected notes horizontal.
Beam height: Adjust height and angle of beams.
Editing of these properties is covered in the sections above.
A few global properties of beams can be set from Format→Style→Beams:
Beam distance: The vertical distance from one beam to the next.
Beam thickness
Broken beam minimum length
Flatten all beams: Check to make all note beams horizontal, regardless of context.