Beam Over Barlines Plug-in

Example of eighth notes beamed across a barline

How to get there

Choose Plug-ins > Note, Beam, and Rest Editing > Patterson Plug-ins Lite > Beam Over Barlines.

What it does

Noteman says: Hidden tuplets created while generating beaming over barlines may corrupt the Human Playback performance in regions where the Beam Over Barlines plug-in has been applied. See Playback Controls for more information regarding Human Playback.

This plug-in allows you to automatically extend beams over a barline as shown in the figure above.

To use this plug-in to beam over a barline, do the following.

  1. Choose the Selection tool icon.
  2. Select the region including the notes you want to beam over the barline.
  3. Choose Plug-ins > Note, Beam, and Rest Editing > Patterson Plug-ins Lite > Beam Over Barlines. Notes on either side of the barline are beamed together.

    To remove beams created with this plug-in, choose Patterson Plug-ins Lite > Beam Over Barlines/Remove.