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This chapter discusses three definitions of time in music. One is based on extension of note duration measurement and position which is called whole time or whole note time. wherein the whole note has a value 1. Actual time is based on real time measurement of note position and duration in units of real time. Finally, there is measure/beat time based on the location of notes by measure and beat. This chapter focuses on conversion algorithms between any two of these time definitions. The Python based algorithms are discussion as well as speed-up techniques. This chapter also discusses the operational relationship between position and duration and how to represent those operations in Python using operator overloading.
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Pazel, D.P. (2022). Time in Music. In: Music Representation and Transformation in Software. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97472-5_5
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