I have been asked to set a modern piece for Flute, and it has some elements which are new to me, and which I have been unable to find a way to present. The first of these is that the composer regularly writes rests within (or at the ends of) groups of quavers beamed together. Using manual beaming it is easy to get the beams to extend over the rests as required; however, in the manuscript (and in a printed copy of some other music of his) there is a stub stem from the beam towards the rest.
I suppose I can draw this as an individual markup on each occasion, but doing this for dozens of cases is daunting, and I wonder if anyone can suggest a more practical approach? Thanks for any ideas! Paul
