abc.notation
Class Tempo

java.lang.Object
  abc.notation.Tempo

All Implemented Interfaces:

MusicElement

public class Tempo
extends java.lang.Object
implements MusicElement

The tempo class enables you to define tempo values from a reference note length.

Tempo

public Tempo(int notesNbPerMinute)

Creates a tempo object with the specified tempo value and quarter as length reference.

Parameters:

notesNbPerMinute - The number of quarter notes per minutes.

Tempo

public Tempo(short referenceLength,
             int value)

Creates a tempo object with the specified tempo value and the specified length reference.

Parameters:

referenceLength - The reference length.

value - The number of reference lengths per minutes.

getReference

public short getReference()

Returns the reference length used to express this tempo.

Returns:

The reference length used to express this tempo. Possible values are Note.SIXTY_FOURTH, Note.THIRTY_SECOND ... or Note.WHOLE.

getNotesNumberPerMinute

public int getNotesNumberPerMinute()

Returns the number of note per minutes considering that those notes' length is the reference length.

Returns:

the number of note per minutes considering that those notes' length is the reference length.

getNotesNumberPerMinute

public int getNotesNumberPerMinute(short refLength)

Returns the tempo for the given length as reference.

Parameters:

refLength - The note length in which this tempo should be expressed.

Returns:

The number of notes of the specified length per minutes.