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Attribute: number [type beam]

Description

Each beam in a note is represented with a separate beam element, starting with the eighth note beam using a number attribute of 1. Note that the beam number does not distinguish sets of beams that overlap, as it does for slur and other elements.

Derived By

Type beam-level

Restrictions
  • The value must be greater than or equal to 1.

  • The value must be less than or equal to 8.

Referenced By
Definition

See beam

 

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