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2.5 Automatic and manual beams

All 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 Manual beams.

Here are key signatures, accidentals and ties in action

\relative c'' {
  \time 4/4
  \key g \minor
  \clef treble
  r4 r8 a8 gis4 b
  a8 d4.~ d e,8
  fis4 fis8 fis8 eis4 a8 gis~
  gis2 r2
}

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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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