1\version "2.19.21"
2
3\header {
4  texidoc="Some classic examples of broken beams, all taken from
5Scriabin Op. 11, No. 1.
6"
7}
8
9\paper {
10  ragged-right = ##t
11}
12
13music = \relative {
14  \override Beam.breakable = ##t
15  r2. f''8[ c \break
16  e c f,] r8 r4 a'8[ e \break
17  g d g,] r8 r4 f'8[ a, \break
18  e' g, bes] r8 r4 <a' a,>8 [ d, \break
19  <g g,> d g,] r8 r4 <d' d,>8[ a \break
20  <c c,> g d] r8 r2
21  \clef bass
22  r2. d,,8[ d' \break
23  a'-4 d a] r8 r4 cis,,8[ cis' \break
24  bes' e g] r8 r4 g,,,8[ g' \break
25  f' b d ] r8 r2 |
26}
27
28\markup { "\override Beam.positions = #beam::place-broken-parts-individually (default)" }
29{ \music }
30
31\markup { "\override Beam.positions = #beam::align-with-broken-parts" }
32\markup { \justify { Returns y-positions at the ends of the beam such that beams align-across-breaks. } }
33{
34  \override Beam.positions = #beam::align-with-broken-parts
35  \music
36}
37
38\markup { "\override Beam.positions = #beam::slope-like-broken-parts" }
39\markup { \justify { Approximates broken beam positioning in turn-of-the-century Editions Peters scores. } }
40{
41  \override Beam.positions = #beam::slope-like-broken-parts
42  \music
43}
44