Finale lets you specify the amount of vertical 
 space between the beams in sixteenth-note (or smaller value) beam groupings.
        
        
            - From the Document menu, choose Document Options, 
 then select Beams. The Beam options appear.
- Enter a new number in the Secondary Beam Separation 
 text box.
- Click OK (or press ENTER). 
 You can also change the separation between secondary beams on a 
 case-by-case basis with the Secondary Beam Angle Tool in the Special Tools 
 Tool. See Beaming: feathered beaming.