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# The <normal-notes> element | MusicXML 4.0


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# The <normal-notes> element


Parent element:
    
        
        <time-modification>


The <normal-notes> element describes how many notes are usually played in the time occupied by the number in the <actual-notes> element.


## Content


nonNegativeInteger


## Attributes


None.


## Examples


This element is used in the following examples:


<beam>, <normal-dot>, <time-modification>, <tremolo> (Double), <tuplet-dot>, <tuplet> (Nested), <tuplet> (Regular), <voice>, Tutorial: Après un rêve