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update rend attribute to form
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rettinghaus committed May 26, 2019
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Expand Up @@ -24,23 +24,23 @@ From the 19th century onwards, it became quite common to break secondary beams t

In the music of the second half of the 20th century, it is quite common to indicate acceleration or deceleration using converging beams as in the image below:

The encoding of such a beam is accomplished using the **@rend** attribute of the beam, which allows the following values:
The encoding of such a beam is accomplished using the **@form** attribute of the beam, which allows the following values:

{:.gloss}
**acc**: The secondary beams start in their usual position and gradually converge until they meet with the primary beam on the last note (or, the first eighth note under the beam).
**acc**: The secondary beams start in their usual position and gradually converge until they meet with the primary beam on the last note (or, the first eighth note under the beam).

{:.gloss}
**rit**: The secondary beams gradually diverge until they reach their regular distance.
**rit**: The secondary beams gradually diverge until they reach their regular distance.

{:.gloss}
**mixed**: The secondary beams diverge and converge arbitrarily.

{:.gloss}
**norm**: The beam is rendered as usual (default).
**norm**: The beam is rendered as usual (default).

{% include mei example="cmn/cmn-sample109.xml" valid="" %}

The duration of notes, rests, or chords under a beam which carries the **@rend** attribute with a value of 'acc', 'rit', or 'mixed' must be treated specially. The first and last contained elements must specify a duration which matches the number of beams displayed at the point of these events. In the case of a 'mixed' beam, each event at the point of change in the number of secondary beams must carry a **@dur** attribute. Beams like this may be encoded thusly:
The duration of notes, rests, or chords under a beam which carries the **@form** attribute with a value of 'acc', 'rit', or 'mixed' must be treated specially. The first and last contained elements must specify a duration which matches the number of beams displayed at the point of these events. In the case of a 'mixed' beam, each event at the point of change in the number of secondary beams must carry a **@dur** attribute. Beams like this may be encoded thusly:

{% include figure img="modules/cmn/beamAcc-Rit.png" caption="Accelerando beams" %}
{% include mei example="cmn/cmn-sample110.xml" valid="" %}
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