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The usual way most composers wrote their scores was beams inside bars, at least until the beginning of the XIX-th century. Unfortunately, later composers ( BRAHMS, SCRIABIN, GRIEG, etc.) wanted to write beams jumping across bars. This is possible without any problems. We give an example from BRAHMS's Intermezzo op. 118,1 provided by Miguel FILGUEIRAS:
whose coding is:
      \interstaff{13}
      \instrumentnumber{1}
      \setstaffs1{2}
      \setclef1\bass
      \generalmeter\allabreve
      \startextract
      \NOtes\qp\nextstaff\isluru0q\zq{q}\ql{j}\enotes
      \bar
      \nspace
      \Notes\ibu0a1\qb0{CEJLcL}%
        \nextstaff\roff{\zw{l}}\pt{p}\zh{_p}\pt{i}\hl{_i}\enotes
      \Notes\qb0J\itied1a\qb0a\nextstaff\tslur0o\zq{o}\ql{h}\enotes
      \bar
      \Notes\ttie1\zh{.L.a}\hl{.e}%
        \nextstaff\qb0{chj}\tbl0\qb0l\cl{q}\ds\enotes
      \NOtes\qp\nextstaff\zq{q}\ql{j}\enotes
      \endextract