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Simple Type: beam-level

Description

The MusicXML format supports eight levels of beaming, up to 1024th notes. Unlike the number-level type, the beam-level type identifies concurrent beams in a beam group. It does not distinguish overlapping beams such as grace notes within regular notes, or beams used in different voices.

Derived By

Restricting xs:positiveInteger

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

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

Referenced By
Definition
<xs:simpleType name="beam-level">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>The MusicXML format supports six levels of beaming, up to 1024th notes. Unlike the number-level type, the beam-level type identifies concurrent beams in a beam group. It does not distinguish overlapping beams such as grace notes within regular notes, or beams used in different voices.</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
  <xs:restriction base="xs:positiveInteger">
    <xs:minInclusive value="1" />
    <xs:maxInclusive value="8" />
  </xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>

 

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