Syncopation beaming in 6/8

[michaelstarobin]

I’m hoping this is a notation option I can’t find.

I’m working on a chart in 6/8. When I enter this syncopated figure it is beaming it this way:

I want the figure (by default) to look like this:

Yes, I know how to change it using Forced Durations. But I’d like to set the second way to be the default way of notating that rhythm. I can’t seem to find an option in the various libraries to set this. Is there an option for this?

Thanks.

[DanielMuzMurray]

I don’t think this is a notation option available to change.

You can sort of get around this by specifying the beat grouping when entering the time signature - [6]/8 (telling Dorico to group all six 8th notes together) - and then manually splitting the beaming at the half bar.

The result of which is highlighted below:

I say “sort of” because this will also mess with all the other beaming and rest groupings that you might prefer, as you can see…

[charles_piano]

Or a local (hidden) 3/8:3/8 would give directly the right beaming for those bars (but not for dotted halves or groups of 6 16ths…)

[John_Ruggero]

I agree. A Minimize Ties option would be a good idea. Of course, you can just turn on Force Durations for as long as you want if you want this style (which I also would prefer in this case) as you write.