Changing Beams and Metric Divisions

If this email is not displayed correctly, please click here. Changing Beams and Metric Divisions Dear Forte User, All features of Forte are based on the international music notation. If we are working with a 4/4 or a 2/4 meter, the 8th and 16th notes will be beamed in groups of four, the 32th in groups of eight, and so on. In a 3/4 meter the eighth notes will be beamed in groups of six and in a 6/8 meter in groups of three. However, in order to increase the readability of certain music scores, it's a common practice to use other patterns for beaming notes. Forte allows you to change beams for certain notes as well as for a whole music piece. Changing beams for certain notes only If you want to change the way certain notes are beamed, you can use the context menu. You just have the select the related notes, right-click on the score and select the command "Break Beam" or "Beam Notes". Example for breaking a beam: Example for beaming notes: Defining a beaming pattern for the whole score (Forte Light and Forte Standard only) Often an easier way to achieve desired beaming patterns is to redefine the metric division of the meter. Let's say you have a 5/8 meter and want Forte to beam 8th notes in groups of 3 + 2. To do so, just select the underlying meter (it becomes red) and use the Properties Window to change the value of the meter to (3+2)/8 and to set it to be displayed as 5/8. As result you will get 8th notes beamed in groups of 3 + 2. Here is another example with a 4/4 meter and 8th notes beamed in groups of 3 + 3 + 2. The underlying meter was set to (3+3+2)/8 and displayed as 4/4. By this means you can define every kind of beaming pattern for your music score! Click here to download this tutorial as PDF Click here to download Forte Standard trial Click here to download Forte Light trial If you don't know yet our music scanning programs Forte Scan and SharpEye, please click here and get informed. We wish you a nice time with Forte! All the best, The Forte Team Join us! We have a place for you to exchange experiences and ask questions about Forte. The Forte Community Forte Standard Don't you know the full version of Forte yet? Try it now! Forte Light Do you miss some features in your Forte Free? Try the inexpensive version of Forte! Get to know it! Music Scanning Get extremely good results with the professional SharpEye Music Reader! Try it now! Forte MidiToAudio Convert your MIDI files to MP3 or Wave within seconds for only $29.80! Buy MidiToAudio Forte Website  •  Forte Download Area  •  Forte Forum To unsubscribe from the Forte Newsletter, please click here. (C) 2011 Lugert Verlag