Wall-clock seconds from the start of a tempo map to a beat.
The result integrates every tempo segment the span crosses; it is not the
tempo in effect at beat applied to the whole span.
A beat before the map's first event reports negative elapsed time, at the
opening tempo: a pickup sounds before the downbeat, and asking when it sounds
is a fair question.
Wall-clock seconds from the start of a tempo map to a beat.
The result integrates every tempo segment the span crosses; it is not the tempo in effect at
beatapplied to the whole span.A beat before the map's first event reports negative elapsed time, at the opening tempo: a pickup sounds before the downbeat, and asking when it sounds is a fair question.