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Module metrical

Module metrical 

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Metrical and melodic accent: music21’s analysis.metrical.

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beat_depths
How many levels of the metrical hierarchy start at each note and rest of a part’s measures, as positions in Stream::leaves beside the count: the depths music21’s labelBeatDepth marks.
label_beat_depth
Marks each note and rest of a part’s measures with a lyric of a star for every level of the metrical hierarchy starting where it does: music21’s labelBeatDepth. The depths are beat_depths’.
thomassen_melodic_accent
The melodic accent of each note of a line, after Thomassen (1982) as Huron and Royal (1996) apply it: music21’s thomassenMelodicAccent.