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1 If all notes in the beam group are stem-up, the beam is placed above the top staff.
2 If all notes in the beam group are stem-down, the beam is placed below the bottom staff.
3
If notes are stem-down on the top staff and stem-up on the bottom two staves, the beam is
placed between the top and middle staves.
4 If notes are stem-down on the top two staves and stem-up on the bottom staff, the beam is
placed between the bottom and middle staves.
NOTE
If you have not specied stem directions, Dorico Elements might place the beam above/below
the staff into which the notes were originally input, even if the stem directions mean it should be
placed between other staves.
If you want the beam to be placed between specic staves, you can change the stem directions
of notes in the beam group.
RELATED LINKS
Changing the stem direction of notes on page 923
Beam corners
Beam corners can occur when a change of stem direction within a beam is combined with a
break in the secondary beam group. This can be at the end of a subdivision or at a change in
rhythmic speed.
Beam corners do not follow accepted rules regarding the order and rhythmic meaning of
secondary beams, and can be confusing for the reader.
Dorico Elements avoids beam corners by analyzing the pitches and stems within a phrase, and
implementing stem directions that avoid a beam corner.
Secondary beams
Secondary beams are the lines that are added between the primary beam and the notehead as
the rhythmic division gets smaller.
The primary beam is the outermost beam line that joins all of the notes in the beamed group.
Depending on the durations of the notes in the beamed group, the primary beam may in fact be
two or more lines; that is, for notes of a 16th or shorter in duration.
Secondary beams are additional beam lines that join only some of the notes in the group,
creating subdivisions of the beam in order to make the metrical groupings of the beam clearer.
Beaming
Beam corners
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