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2.5 Automatic and manual beams

Beams are drawn automatically

     a8 ais d es r d

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If you do not like where beams are put, they can be entered by hand. Mark the first note to be beamed with [ and the last one with ].

     a8[ ais] d[ es r d]

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For more information on beams, see Beaming.

Here are key signatures, accidentals and ties in action

     \score {
       \notes {
         \time 4/4
         \key g \minor
         \clef violin
         r4 r8 a8 gis4 b
         g8 d4.~ d e8
         fis4 fis8 fis8 eis4  a8 gis~
         gis2 r2
       }
     }

[image of music]

There are some interesting points to note in this example. Bar lines and beams are drawn automatically. Line breaks are calculated automatically; it does not matter where the line breaks are in the source file. Finally, the order in which time, key and clef changes are entered is not relevant: in the printout, these are ordered according to standard notation conventions.

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