User manual

By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog.
You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar, Shift -clicking
adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd -clicking individual layouts.
3. Click Note Spacing in the page list.
4. Activate Use optical spacing for beams between staves.
5. Click Apply, then Close.
Cross-staff beam placement in multiple staves
When instruments have three or more staves, cross-staff beams can be placed in multiple ways.
For example, the beam can be placed between the top and the middle staves, and also between
the middle and bottom staves.
If a beam only crosses two staves, the cross-staff beam goes between those two staves.
A cross-staff beam across the upper two staves on
an instrument with three staves
A cross-staff beam across the lower two staves on an
instrument with three staves
If a beam group contains notes on all three staves, the placement of the beam depends on the
stem directions of the notes in each staff.
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.
Beaming
Creating cross-staff beams
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Dorico SE 3.1.10