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  1. eventlen
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  3. Returns the number of active beats in a rhythm string of an instrument in def-section-timesheet. The value can be used to determine the trim length so that the number of elements fit perfectly the rhythmic string.
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  5. (def-instrument-timesheet ...
  6.    ...
  7.    piano      (pick-random-init rhythm-source2 0.332512) 
  8.               (symbol-trim (eventlen) (gen-random-successive 0.167 16 '(a b c d e -b -c))) with '(64)
  9. )
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