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Shown in the circled parts of the image, are two different ways of representing a beam that spans a sixteenth note - a sixteenth rest - a sixteenth note:

Two ways of representing a 16th rest in between two 16th notesTwo ways of representing a 16th rest in between two 16th notes. The first (in 3/16) connects the outer beam and breaks the inner beam. The second (in 9/16) connects both beams.

In one of them, the beam is broken at the rest, in the other it is not.

  1. What is the functional difference between the two patterns?
  2. When would either one make sense/should be used?

Thanks!

Shown in the circled parts of the image, are two different ways of representing a beam that spans a sixteenth note - a sixteenth rest - a sixteenth note

Two ways of representing a 16th rest in between two 16th notes

In one of them, the beam is broken at the rest, in the other it is not.

  1. What is the functional difference between the two patterns?
  2. When would either one make sense/should be used?

Thanks!

Shown in the circled parts of the image, are two different ways of representing a beam that spans a sixteenth note - a sixteenth rest - a sixteenth note:

Two ways of representing a 16th rest in between two 16th notes. The first (in 3/16) connects the outer beam and breaks the inner beam. The second (in 9/16) connects both beams.

In one of them, the beam is broken at the rest, in the other it is not.

  1. What is the functional difference between the two patterns?
  2. When would either one make sense/should be used?
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Beams broken/unbroken with rests - meaning and usage

Shown in the circled parts of the image, are two different ways of representing a beam that spans a sixteenth note - a sixteenth rest - a sixteenth note

Two ways of representing a 16th rest in between two 16th notes

In one of them, the beam is broken at the rest, in the other it is not.

  1. What is the functional difference between the two patterns?
  2. When would either one make sense/should be used?

Thanks!