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The element | MusicXML 4.0
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The element
Parent element:
<note>
Beam values include begin, continue, end, forward hook, and backward hook. Each beam in a note is represented with a separate element with a different number attribute, starting with the eighth note beam using a value of 1.
Content
beam-value
Attributes
| Name | Type | Required? | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| color | color | No | Indicates the color of an element. |
| fan | fan | No | Beams that have a begin value may also have a fan attribute to indicate accelerandos and ritardandos using fanned beams. The fan attribute may also be used with a continue value if the fanning direction changes on that note. The value is none if not specified. |
| id | ID | No | Specifies an ID that is unique to the entire document. |
| number | beam-level | No | Indicates eighth note through 1024th note beams using number values 1 thru 8 respectively. The default value is 1.Note that this attribute does not distinguish sets of beams that overlap, as it does for and other elements. Beaming groups are distinguished by being in different voices, and/or the presence or absence of and elements. |
| repeater | yes-no | No | Deprecated as of Version 3.0. Formerly used for tremolos, it needs to be specified with a "yes" value for each using it. |