Class Beam

Beams span over a set of StemmableNotes.

Hierarchy

Constructors

Properties

notes: StemmableNote[]
postFormatted: boolean
render_options: {
    beam_width: number;
    flat_beam_offset?: number;
    flat_beams: boolean;
    max_slope: number;
    min_flat_beam_offset: number;
    min_slope: number;
    partial_beam_length: number;
    secondary_break_ticks?: number;
    show_stemlets: boolean;
    slope_cost: number;
    slope_iterations: number;
    stemlet_extension: number;
}

Type declaration

  • beam_width: number
  • Optional flat_beam_offset?: number
  • flat_beams: boolean
  • max_slope: number
  • min_flat_beam_offset: number
  • min_slope: number
  • partial_beam_length: number
  • Optional secondary_break_ticks?: number
  • show_stemlets: boolean
  • slope_cost: number
  • slope_iterations: number
  • stemlet_extension: number
slope: number = 0
TEXT_FONT: Required<FontInfo> = ...

Default font for text. This is not related to music engraving. Instead, see Flow.setMusicFont(...fontNames) to customize the font for musical symbols placed on the score.

Accessors

  • get font(): string
  • Returns the CSS compatible font string for the text font.

    Returns string

  • set font(f): void
  • Provide a CSS compatible font string (e.g., 'bold 16px Arial') that will be applied to text (not glyphs).

    Parameters

    • f: string

    Returns void

  • get fontInfo(): Required<FontInfo>
  • Return a copy of the current FontInfo object.

    Returns Required<FontInfo>

  • set fontInfo(fontInfo): void
  • Parameters

    Returns void

  • get fontSize(): string
  • Returns string

    a CSS font-size string (e.g., '18pt', '12px', '1em').

  • set fontSize(size): void
  • The size is 1) a string of the form '10pt' or '16px', compatible with the CSS font-size property. or 2) a number, which is interpreted as a point size (i.e. 12 == '12pt').

    Parameters

    • size: string | number

    Returns void

  • get fontSizeInPixels(): number
  • Returns number

    the font size in px.

  • get fontSizeInPoints(): number
  • Returns number

    the font size in pt.

  • get fontStyle(): string
  • Returns string

    a CSS font-style string (e.g., 'italic').

  • set fontStyle(style): void
  • Parameters

    • style: string

    Returns void

  • get fontWeight(): string
  • Returns string

    a CSS font-weight string (e.g., 'bold'). As in CSS, font-weight is always returned as a string, even if it was set as a number.

  • set fontWeight(weight): void
  • Parameters

    • weight: string | number

    Returns void

  • get CATEGORY(): string
  • Returns string

Methods

  • Adds a child Element to the Element, which lets it inherit the same style as the parent when setGroupStyle() is called.

    Examples of children are noteheads and stems. Modifiers such as Accidentals are generally not set as children.

    Note that StaveNote calls setGroupStyle() when setStyle() is called.

    Parameters

    Returns Beam

  • Add a class label (An element can have multiple class labels).

    Parameters

    • className: string

    Returns Beam

  • Create new stems for the notes in the beam, so that each stem extends into the beams.

    Returns void

  • Set which note indices to break the secondary beam at.

    Parameters

    • indices: number[]

    Returns Beam

  • Calculate a slope and y-shift for flat beams.

    Returns void

  • Calculate the best possible slope for the provided notes.

    Returns void

  • Render the beam to the canvas context

    Returns void

  • Draw the element and all its sub-elements (ie.: Modifiers in a Stave) with the element's style (see getStyle() and setStyle())

    Returns void

  • Return an attribute, such as 'id', 'type' or 'class'.

    Parameters

    • name: string

    Returns any

  • Get the max number of beams in the set of notes.

    Returns number

  • Get the x coordinates for the beam lines of specific duration.

    Parameters

    • duration: string

    Returns {
        end?: number;
        start: number;
    }[]

  • Return the Beam y offset.

    Returns number

  • Get the css string describing this Element's text font. e.g., 'bold 10pt Arial'.

    Returns string

  • Returns string

    a CSS font-size string (e.g., '18pt', '12px', '1em'). See Element.fontSizeInPixels or Element.fontSizeInPoints if you need to get a number for calculation purposes.

  • Return associated SVGElement.

    Parameters

    • suffix: string = ''

    Returns undefined | SVGElement

  • Return the y coordinate for linear function.

    Parameters

    • x: number
    • first_x_px: number
    • first_y_px: number
    • slope: number

    Returns number

  • Get the direction of the beam

    Returns number

  • Check if it has a class label (An element can have multiple class labels).

    Parameters

    • className: string

    Returns boolean

  • Return the rendered status.

    Returns boolean

  • Return upper level beam direction.

    Parameters

    • duration: string
    • prev_tick: number
    • tick: number
    • next_tick: number
    • noteIndex: number

    Returns PartialBeamDirection

  • Post-format the beam. This can only be called after the notes in the beam have both x and y values. ie: they've been formatted and have staves.

    Returns void

  • Pre-format the beam.

    Returns Beam

  • Remove a class label (An element can have multiple class labels).

    Parameters

    • className: string

    Returns Beam

  • Reset the text font to the style indicated by the static TEXT_FONT property. Subclasses can call this to initialize textFont for the first time.

    Returns void

  • Set an attribute such as 'id', 'class', or 'type'.

    Parameters

    • name: string
    • value: undefined | string

    Returns Beam

  • Set the element's text font family, size, weight, style (e.g., Arial, 10pt, bold, italic).

    This attribute does not determine the font used for musical Glyphs like treble clefs.

    Parameters

    • Optional font: string | FontInfo

      is 1) a FontInfo object or 2) a string formatted as CSS font shorthand (e.g., 'bold 10pt Arial') or 3) a string representing the font family (at least one of size, weight, or style must also be provided).

    • Optional size: string | number

      a string specifying the font size and unit (e.g., '16pt'), or a number (the unit is assumed to be 'pt').

    • Optional weight: string | number

      is a string (e.g., 'bold', 'normal') or a number (100, 200, ... 900).

    • Optional style: string

      is a string (e.g., 'italic', 'normal'). If no arguments are provided, then the font is set to the default font. Each Element subclass may specify its own default by overriding the static TEXT_FONT property.

    Returns Beam

  • Change the font size, while keeping everything else the same.

    Parameters

    • Optional size: string | number

    Returns Beam

  • Forces the direction of a partial beam (a secondary-level beam that exists on one note only of the beam group). This is useful in rhythms such as 6/8 eighth-sixteenth-eighth-sixteenth, where the direction of the beam on the first sixteenth note can help imply whether the rhythm is to be felt as three groups of eighth notes (typical) or as two groups of three-sixteenths (less common):

     ┌───┬──┬──┐      ┌──┬──┬──┐
    │ ├─ │ ─┤ vs │ ─┤ │ ─┤
    │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │

    Parameters

    Returns Beam

  • Set the rendered status.

    Parameters

    • rendered: boolean = true

    Returns Beam

  • Set the element style used to render.

    Example:

    element.setStyle({ fillStyle: 'red', strokeStyle: 'red' });
    element.draw();

    Note: If the element draws additional sub-elements (ie.: Modifiers in a Stave), the style can be applied to all of them by means of the context:

    element.setStyle({ fillStyle: 'red', strokeStyle: 'red' });
    element.getContext().setFillStyle('red');
    element.getContext().setStrokeStyle('red');
    element.draw();

    or using drawWithStyle:

    element.setStyle({ fillStyle: 'red', strokeStyle: 'red' });
    element.drawWithStyle();

    Parameters

    Returns Beam

  • Restore the default direction of a partial beam (a secondary-level beam that does not connect to any other notes).

    Parameters

    • noteIndex: number

    Returns Beam

  • A helper function to automatically build basic beams for a voice. For more complex auto-beaming use Beam.generateBeams().

    Parameters

    • voice: Voice

      the voice to generate the beams for

    • Optional stem_direction: number

      a stem direction to apply to the entire voice

    • Optional groups: Fraction[]

      an array of Fraction representing beat groupings for the beam

    Returns Beam[]

  • A helper function to autimatically build beams for a voice with configuration options.

    Example configuration object:

    config = {
    groups: [new Vex.Flow.Fraction(2, 8)],
    stem_direction: -1,
    beam_rests: true,
    beam_middle_only: true,
    show_stemlets: false
    };

    Parameters

    • notes: StemmableNote[]

      an array of notes to create the beams for

    • config: {
          beam_middle_only?: boolean;
          beam_rests?: boolean;
          flat_beam_offset?: number;
          flat_beams?: boolean;
          groups?: Fraction[];
          maintain_stem_directions?: boolean;
          secondary_breaks?: string;
          show_stemlets?: boolean;
          stem_direction?: number;
      } = {}

      the configuration object

      • Optional beam_middle_only?: boolean

        set to true to only beam rests in the middle of the beat

      • Optional beam_rests?: boolean

        set to true to include rests in the beams

      • Optional flat_beam_offset?: number
      • Optional flat_beams?: boolean
      • Optional groups?: Fraction[]

        array of Fractions that represent the beat structure to beam the notes

      • Optional maintain_stem_directions?: boolean

        set to true to not apply new stem directions

      • Optional secondary_breaks?: string
      • Optional show_stemlets?: boolean

        set to true to draw stemlets for rests

      • Optional stem_direction?: number

        set to apply the same direction to all notes

    Returns Beam[]

  • Get the default beam groups for a provided time signature. Attempt to guess if the time signature is not found in table. Currently this is fairly naive.

    Parameters

    • time_sig: string

    Returns Fraction[]