® Feathered Beams in Cross-Staff Notation 3 Luke Dahn Step 1: On the bottom staff, insert one 32nd rest; Trying to fix this. then enter notes 2 through 8 as a tuplet: seven quarter notes in the space of seven 32nds. (Hide number œ and bracket on tuplet.) 4 #œ #œ œ & 4 Œ Ó œ 4 œ #œ œ œ & 4 bœ œ #œ Œ Ó ®bœ œ #œ Œ Ó Step 3: On the other staff (top here), insert the first note Step 2: Apply cross-staff and stem direction change to following by any random on the staff. (This note will be notes as appropriate. hidden, so a note off the staff will produce ledger lines.) #œ œ œ #œ œ œ #œ ‰ Œ Ó & œ & ®bœ œ #œ œ Œ Ó ®bœ œ #œ œ Œ Ó Step 4: Now hide the rests within beat 1 in top staff, and drag the second note to the place in the measure where the final note of the grouplet rests (the D here). Step 5: Feather and place the beaming as appropriate. * See note below. #œ #œ œ œ #œ #œ œ œ & œ Œ Ó œ Œ Ó ®bœ œ #œ œ Œ Ó ®bœ œ #œ œ Œ Ó & Step 7: Using the stem length tool, drag the stems of the quarter-note tuplets to the feathered beam as appropriate. The final note of the tuplet may need horizontal adjustment Step 6: Once the randomly inserted note is placed (step 4), to align with the end of the beam. Using the "Move Rests..." use the Note Shape Tool to insert a blank notehead. Then use the plug-in, send the 32nd rest at the beginning of the measure Beam Stem Adjust Tool to drag that note's stem so that it disappears. up 400 steps. #œ #œ œ œ #œ #œ œ œ & Œ Ó Œ Ó & ®bœ œ #œ œ Œ Ó bœ œ #œ œ Œ Ó NOTE: If the feathered beaming indicates an ritardando instead of an accelerando, then the for step 1, insert notes 1 through 7 as a tuplet rather than 2 through 8, and for step 3, enter first a random pitch, and then the accurate note #8. www.lukedahn.net.