music-glossary: beam

 
 1.34 beam
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 ES: barra (de corcheas), I: coda, F: ligature, barre (de croches), D:
 Balken, NL: waardestreep, DK: bjælke, S: balk, FI: palkki.
 
    Line connecting a series of notes (shorter than a quarter note).  The
 number of beams determines the note value of the connected notes.
 
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 See also
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    Seefeathered beam.