-@c FIXME why not just adjust the automatic beaming?
-Some Arabic and Turkish music classical forms such as Semai use
-unusual time signatures such as 10/8. This may lead to an
-automatic grouping of notes that is quite different from existing
-typeset music. You can override this by switching off automatic
-beaming, and grouping the notes manually using @code{[ ]} to
-surround grouped notes, as described in @ref{Manual beams}.
-
-For improvisations or taqasim which are temporarily free, the time
-signature can be omitted, and @code{\cadenzaOn} can be used.
-You might need to adjust the accidental style, since the absence
-of bar lines will cause the accidental to be marked only once:
+Some Arabic and Turkish music classical forms such as
+@notation{Semai} use unusual time signatures such as 10/8. This
+may lead to an automatic grouping of notes that is quite different
+from existing typeset music, where notes may not be grouped on the
+beat, but in a manner that is difficult to match by adjusting
+automatic beaming. You can override this by switching off
+automatic beaming and beaming the notes manually. Where matching
+existing typeset music is not an issue, you may still want to
+adjust the beaming behaviour and/or using compound time
+signatures.
+
+@c FIXME: move to snippet? -gp note for gp
+For improvisations or @notation{taqasim} which are temporarily
+free, the time signature can be omitted and @code{\cadenzaOn} can
+be used. You might need to adjust the accidental style, since the
+absence of bar lines will cause the accidental to be marked only
+once: