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Notation reference
Beaming
A beam is a line that connects notes with tails to show rhythmic grouping, which varies according to the metrical structure of the prevailing time signature.
Creating cross-staff beams/tremolos
Cross-staff beams and cross-staff tremolos work in a similar way to normal beams and tremolos, but allow a phrase that covers a wide pitch range to be shown on multiple staves. You can create cross-staff beams/tremolos by inputting all notes in the phrase on one staff and crossing some notes to appear on another staff.
Changing to optical cross-staff beam spacing
You can make the stems in cross-staff beams, rather than the noteheads, evenly spaced in each layout independently. This can make it easier to perceive the evenness of rhythmic spacing in cross-staff beams than when noteheads are evenly spaced.

Changing to optical cross-staff beam spacing

You can make the stems in cross-staff beams, rather than the noteheads, evenly spaced in each layout independently. This can make it easier to perceive the evenness of rhythmic spacing in cross-staff beams than when noteheads are evenly spaced.

Procedure

Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L to open Layout Options.
In the Layouts list, select the layouts that you want to change to optical cross-staff beam spacing.

By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog. You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar, clicking and dragging across multiple layouts, Shift-clicking adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd-clicking individual layouts.
In the category list, click Note Spacing.
Activate Use optical spacing for beams between staves.
Click Apply, then Close.

Result

Optical cross-staff beam spacing is enabled in the selected layouts.

Example


Figure 1. Default spacing: The distance between noteheads is even.	Figure 2. Optical spacing for cross-staff beaming: The distance between stems is even.