Beaming in Multiple-Duration Chords

2007-05-16 10:10 pm

A piece that I'm currently working on has this figure repeated:

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Chord|Dur:16th|Pos:n1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First|Dur2:8th|Pos2:-5,-2
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:#1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

If I beam it, the 16th notes at the top are beamed, and the 8th notes are unbeamed. I'm not sure if this is musically correct or if this is a bug.

Re: Beaming in Multiple-Duration Chords

Reply #1 – 2007-05-16 10:47 pm

G'day kahman,
the example you posted looks right to me.
Chords with different note lengths will have different stem directions.

There is, however, a limitation in NWC in this area... If you wanted to beam the lower voice in this version of your example you would need to use layering.

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Chord|Dur:16th|Pos:n1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First|Dur2:8th|Pos2:-5,-2
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:#1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam
|Chord|Dur:16th|Pos:n1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam|Dur2:8th|Pos2:-5,-2
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:#1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End