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+\version "2.16.0"
+
+\header {
+ texidoc="Some classic examples of broken beams, all taken from
+Scriabin Op. 11, No. 1.
+"
+}
+
+\paper {
+ ragged-right = ##t
+}
+
+music = \relative c'' {
+ \override Beam #'breakable = ##t
+ r2. f8[ c \break
+ e c f,] r8 r4 a'8[ e \break
+ g d g,] r8 r4 f'8[ a, \break
+ e' g, bes] r8 r4 <a' a,>8 [ d, \break
+ <g g,> d g,] r8 r4 <d' d,>8[ a \break
+ <c c,> g d] r8 r2
+ \clef bass
+ r2. d,,8[ d' \break
+ a'-4 d a] r8 r4 cis,,8[ cis' \break
+ bes' e g] r8 r4 g,,,8[ g' \break
+ f' b d ] r8 r2 |
+}
+
+\markup { "\override Beam #'positions = #beam::place-broken-parts-individually (default)" }
+{ \music }
+
+\markup { "\override Beam #'positions = #beam::align-with-broken-parts" }
+\markup { \justify { Returns y-positions at the ends of the beam such that beams align-across-breaks. } }
+{
+ \override Beam #'positions = #beam::align-with-broken-parts
+ \music
+}
+
+\markup { "\override Beam #'positions = #beam::slope-like-broken-parts" }
+\markup { \justify { Approximates broken beam positioning in turn-of-the-century Editions Peters scores. } }
+{
+ \override Beam #'positions = #beam::slope-like-broken-parts
+ \music
+}