depends on the context i would say.
http://newmusicnotation.com/TEMPFILES/pression_breakbeams.tif
i have broken beams over clefs before but in this example it makes
sense not to, but i think it is ugly as hell when the stems are made
really high to avoid collisions, and in this particular case that
would not really make anything clearer. i came up with a very
time-consuming (but damn sexy!) solution involving beam extensions
and custom lines the thickness of beams.
there is a continuous gliss on a scord. C-string, the finger is
slightly pressed on the string and released at the rests, so a huge
jump in interval. the option to have the stems up doesn't work here
(would otherwise be a great solution) because stems down is used
throughout the piece to indicate things done by the left hand (here
the gliss).
normally i would break the beams entirely but here they are extremely
helpful in grouping the quarter notes, which are not as easy to see
because of the rather large compromises in horizontal spacing due to
clefs and other things.
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