Changing the number of beam lines in secondary beams

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Dorico Pro
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5.1
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You can change the number of beam lines shown in secondary beams individually, independently of your default setting for the current flow.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing Graphic Editing button is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

Procedure

  1. Select the notes to the right of where you want to change the number of secondary beaming lines. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. Optional: If any of the notes you selected do not immediately follow existing splits in the secondary beam, split the secondary beams in any of the following ways:

    • In the Properties panel, activate Split secondary beam in the Beaming group.

      Note

      The Beaming group is only shown in the Properties panel if your selection only contains notes.

    • Choose Edit > Notations > Beaming > Split Secondary Beam. You can also choose this option from the context menu.

  3. In the Properties panel, select the note value that corresponds to the number of beam lines you want shown from the Split secondary beam menu.

Result

The number of beam lines shown immediately to the left of each selected note is changed.

Note

  • Deactivating the property returns the selected notes to showing their default number of beam lines.

  • The number of beam lines shown at a split in the secondary beam cannot be the same or greater than the number of beam lines in the secondary beam. For example, if you split a secondary beam containing 64th notes, the maximum number of beam lines shown at the split in that beam is three, the equivalent of 32nd notes.

  • You can change the default number of secondary beam lines shown in each flow independently on the Beam Grouping page in Notation Options.