measureBeatStructure¶

maelzel.scorestruct.measureBeatStructure(timesig, quarterTempo, subdivisionStructure=None)[source]¶

Returns the beat structure for this measure

Parameters:

timesig (TimeSignature) – the time signature
quarterTempo (Union[Fraction, int]) – the tempo of the quarter note
subdivisionStructure (Optional[tuple[int, tuple[int, ...]]]) – the subdivision structure in the form (denominator: int, subdivisions). For example a 7/8 bar divided in 3+2+2 would have a subdivision strucutre of (8, (3, 2, 2)). A 4/4 measure divided in 3/8+3/8+2/8+2/8 would be (8, (3, 3, 2, 2))

Returns:

F, beat duration: F, beat weight: int)

Return type:

a list of (beat offset