Hi again! time 6/8; a^\upbow \p r4 [ a8^\downbow r16 f'16-.^\downbow es-. d-. ] When I type this, the beam will cross the rest, too, what does not look very pretty. I didn´t succed changing grouping, perhaps I always used it in the wrong way. Can anyone help me? TIA, Martin -- Ernst Martin Witte email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.kawo1.rwth-aachen.de/~witte Gutenbergstr. 22 Kastanienweg 4 Zi. 2429 52428 Jülich 52074 Aachen