### 2.5 Automatic and manual beams

Beams are drawn automatically

>          a8 ais d es r d

If you do not like where beams are put, they can be entered by hand. Mark the first note to be beamed with `[` and the last one with `]`.

>          a8[ ais] d[ es r d]

For more information on beams, see Beaming.

Here are key signatures, accidentals and ties in action

         \score {
           \notes {
             \time 4/4
             \key g \minor
             \clef violin
             r4 r8 a8 gis4 b
             g8 d4.~ d e8
             fis4 fis8 fis8 eis4  a8 gis~
             gis2 r2
           }
         }

There are some interesting points to note in this example. Bar lines and beams are drawn automatically. Line breaks are calculated automatically; it does not matter where the line breaks are in the source file. Finally, the order in which time, key and clef changes are entered is not relevant: in the printout, these are ordered according to standard notation conventions.

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