music-score/docs/musicxml-spec/elements/beats.md

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The element | MusicXML 4.0

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beats

The element

Parent elements:

    <interchangeable>, 

    <time>

The element indicates the number of beats, as found in the numerator of a time signature.

Content

string

Attributes

None.

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

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