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# MidiSkippedChunk

A chunk kept as bytes and not decoded: a chunk type other than `MTrk`, which the MIDI specification says readers
skip, or an `MTrk` chunk past the header's track count after a chunk of another kind.

## Extends

* `MidiChunkFrame`

## Properties

| Property | Type | Description | Inherited from |
| - | - | - | - |
|  `bodyStart` | `number` | Offset of the body. | `MidiChunkFrame.bodyStart` |
|  `end` | `number` | Offset after the chunk's last byte. | `MidiChunkFrame.end` |
|  `id` | `string` | The chunk type, decoded from its id bytes as `parseMidi` decodes them. | `MidiChunkFrame.id` |
|  `kind` | `"skipped"` | - | - |
|  `length` | `number` | The body length the length field declares, as `parseMidi` reads it: `NaN` when the file ends inside the field. | `MidiChunkFrame.length` |
|  `lengthStart` | `number` | Offset of the 4-byte length field. | `MidiChunkFrame.lengthStart` |
|  `start` | `number` | Offset of the id, the chunk's first byte. | `MidiChunkFrame.start` |


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