User Manual

10.3
With Notion you can customize the height and angle of beams for any reason. (See Stem Direction if you need
to place the beam at the “opposite” side of the sta.) You can even alter the beaming in the NTempo sta.
Customizing how a beam appears is often done to place more space between the beam and nearby
score markings, text, lyrics, or chord names/diagrams – or to help with phrase interpretation. These
visual edits help musicians reading your score, but will have no impact on playback sound.
1. Ensure you are in Edit mode.
2. With the Pointer, click a beam you want to change.
» The beam turns to an orange color with boxes at the ends.
3. Alter the beam as you have need:
> To change the height, drag the beam upward or downward.
◙ Lowering the height of a beam.
> To change the beam angle, click on one or the other orange box and drag upward or downward.
◙ Altering the angle of a beam.
4. To keep your change, click anywhere in the score area away from the beam.
Cross-Sta Beaming
First Enter all notes you wish to beam across a grand sta in the same hand. Then select the notes you wish to ip to
the other stave either by selected around them, or individual noteheads (with Shift+mouseclick). Then press Shift+X
or select the icon from the palette. Arpeggios and glissandi will also work across a grand sta – Enter all the notes and
the arpeggio/gliss line in one hand rst, then select the notes you wish to ip to the other stave and press Shift+X.
Beaming Angle and Height and Cross-Sta Beaming
Shift + X