pymusicxml.music_xml_objects.Rest

class pymusicxml.music_xml_objects.Rest(duration: Union[pymusicxml.music_xml_objects.Duration, str, float], notations: Sequence[Union[Notation, str, xml.etree.ElementTree.Element]] = (), directions: Sequence[Direction] = ())[source]

Bases: pymusicxml.music_xml_objects._XMLNote

Class representing a notated rest.

Parameters

Inherited Methods

export_to_file(file_path[, pretty_print])

Exports this musical object (wrapped as a score) to the given file path.

min_denominator()

Minimum divisor of a quarter note that would be needed to represent the duration of this note accurately.

num_beams()

Returns the number of beams needed to represent this note’s duration.

render()

Renders this component to a tuple of ElementTree.Element.

to_xml([pretty_print])

Renders this component to MusicXML, adding a version tag, but not wrapping it up as a full score.

view_in_software(command)

Uses the given terminal command to create a score out of this musical object, and open it in music notation software.

wrap_as_score()

Wraps this component in a Score so that it can be exported and viewed

Attributes

divisions

Subdivision used when representing this duration.

length_in_divisions

Length in terms of subdivisions.

true_length

True length in terms of the number of quarter notes, taking into tuplet time modification.

written_length

Written length in terms of the number of quarter notes.

property divisions

Subdivision used when representing this duration.

export_to_file(file_path: str, pretty_print: bool = True) → None

Exports this musical object (wrapped as a score) to the given file path.

Parameters
  • file_path – The path of the file we want to write to.

  • pretty_print – If True, breaks the MusicXML onto multiple lines, with indentation

property length_in_divisions

Length in terms of subdivisions. (See description of “divisions” attribute in Duration)

min_denominator() → int

Minimum divisor of a quarter note that would be needed to represent the duration of this note accurately. For instance, a triplet quarter note would have min_denominator 3, since it is 2/3 of a quarter.

num_beams() → int

Returns the number of beams needed to represent this note’s duration.

render() → Sequence[xml.etree.ElementTree.Element]

Renders this component to a tuple of ElementTree.Element. (The reason for making it a tuple is that musical objects like chords are represented by several notes side by side, with all but the first containing a </chord> tag.)

to_xml(pretty_print: bool = False) → str

Renders this component to MusicXML, adding a version tag, but not wrapping it up as a full score.

Parameters

pretty_print – If True, breaks the MusicXML onto multiple lines, with indentation

property true_length

True length in terms of the number of quarter notes, taking into tuplet time modification. Returns 0 in the case of grace notes.

view_in_software(command: str) → None

Uses the given terminal command to create a score out of this musical object, and open it in music notation software.

Parameters

command – The terminal command corresponding to the software with which we want to open the score.

wrap_as_score()pymusicxml.music_xml_objects.Score

Wraps this component in a Score so that it can be exported and viewed

property written_length

Written length in terms of the number of quarter notes.