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Gradus GE-052 · cite this code — it is permanent. Rule id beam-cross-staff-unsupported
In keyboard writing where a passage crosses between the two hands' staves, a beam is sometimes drawn spanning both staves to show the notes are one continuous rhythmic figure even though they're drawn on different staves.
N/A as an authorable fault — this is a capability gap, since Gradus's curriculum (species counterpoint, chorale, fugue) essentially never needs true cross-staff beaming, and the schema provides no field to declare a note's stave assignment independent of its voice's assigned stave.
Gould, Behind Bars, ch. Beaming — cross-staff beaming conventions for keyboard/harp writing.
This rule can be decided from pitches, durations and voices — no layout required. A validator can check it before anything is drawn.
Gradus GE-052 — Cross-staff beaming (a beam whose notes visually span two staves) is not representable in Gradus's schema at all. Gradus Engraving Rulebook v1.0. https://gradusmusic.com/engraving/rule/beam-cross-staff-unsupported
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