Introduction — Abjad v1.1.1 documentation

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# Introduction

Abjad publishes information about many durated score objects.

Notes, rests, chords and skips carry some duration attributes.

    abjad> note = Note(0, (3, 16))
    abjad> measure = RigidMeasure((3, 16), [note])
    abjad> staff = RhythmicStaff([measure])
    abjad> print note.duration.written
    3/16

Tuplets, measures, voices, staves and the other containers carry even more.

    abjad> tuplet = FixedDurationTuplet((3, 16), Note(0, (1, 16)) * 5)
    abjad> measure = RigidMeasure((3, 16), [tuplet])
    abjad> staff = RhythmicStaff([measure])
    abjad> print tuplet.duration.multiplier
    3/5

The next chapters document duration in Abjad and explain core duration concepts.

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