music-score/docs/musicxml-spec/elements/beat-unit.md

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beat-unit

The element

Parent elements:

    <beat-unit-tied>, 

    <metronome>

The element indicates the graphical note type to use in a metronome mark.

Content

note-type-value

Attributes

None.

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

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