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#### 2.2.5 Automatic and manual beams

All beams are drawn automatically:

>          a8 ais d ees r d c16 b a8

If you do not like the automatic beams, they may be overridden manually. Mark the first note to be beamed with ``[`' and the last one with ``]`'.

>          a8[ ais] d[ ees r d] a b

#### More information

> Automatic beams
>   see Automatic beams.
> Manual beams
>   see Manual beams.

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