Re: AutoBeam Behaving Properly?

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Martin,

On Apr 5, 2016, at 9:58 PM, Martin Neubauer <address@hidden> wrote:
> I was wondering how often the odd half measure beam really leads to ambiguity 
> between 3/4 and 6/8 time in properly typeset music.

In “West Side Story”, the half-measure beams in “America” indicate where the 
measure grooves in 6/8, and the full-measure beams indicate where the measure 
grooves in 3/4. (n.b. If I were engraving “WSS", I would go even further and 
beam the three quarters separately.) If it were arbitrarily beamed, that vital 
information would be lost.

Or is that not the kind of thing you were talking about?

Cheers,
Kieren.
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