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Beaming: Secondary beams

If rhythmic values smaller than eighth notes are beamed together, the sixteenth-note (and smaller value) beams are called secondary beams. Finale provides considerable independent control for such beams.

 

Breaking secondary beams

Changing a broken beam’s direction

Changing the distance between beams

Changing the angles of secondary beams

Changing the height of stems in secondary beams

 

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