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Additional note and rest formatting
Automatic grouping
The program can also go through the selected notes and
automatically create grouping for you, where it is deemed
suitable. Proceed as follows:
1. Select the notes that you want checked for auto-
grouping.
Typically, you would select all notes on the track by using the Select All
command on the Edit menu.
2. Right-click on one of the notes and select “Auto
Group Notes” from the context menu.
In 4/4 you get for example two groups of eighth notes per bar, in 3/4 you
get one group per bar, etc.
Before and after using auto grouping in 4/4
Cross-staff beaming
To create a beam that extends from one staff to another,
proceed as follows:
1. Set up a split or polyphonic voicing system or open
the Score Editor with more than one track.
2. Set up a beam of notes (using the group command)
and adjust their pitches so that they are correct even
though some of the notes are on the wrong staff.
Use the info line to edit the pitches if they are very low or high.
3. Select the notes that should appear on the other staff.
4. Select “Display in Staff” from the context menu for a
selected note and select a staff from the submenu.
The notes are “graphically” moved to the selected system,
but keep their actual pitch.
Before and after moving a note to the lower staff
5. If needed, adjust the beam appearance (see “Manual
adjustment of beams” on page 612).
Cross-staff beaming with the beam in the middle
This does not move the affected notes to another track, but
merely displays them as if they belonged to the other staff.
Handling beam groups
There are two settings for groups under a beam, Beam
Subgroups and 16th Subgroups, both found on the Op
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tions tab on the Staff page of the Score Settings dialog. If
“Beam Subgroups” is activated, the program displays sub-
groups after four sixteenth notes under a beam. If you also
activate “16th Subgroups”, subgroups appear after only
two sixteenths.
Beam Subgroups off
Beam Subgroups on
On with 16th Subgroups activated