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# The <technical> element | MusicXML 4.0


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# The <technical> element


Parent element:
    
        
        <notations>


The <technical> element groups together technical indications that give performance information for specific instruments.


## Content


Zero or more of the following

- <up-bow>
- <down-bow>
- <harmonic>
- <open-string>
- <thumb-position>
- <fingering>
- <pluck>
- <double-tongue>
- <triple-tongue>
- <stopped>
- <snap-pizzicato>
- <fret>
- <string>
- <hammer-on>
- <pull-off>
- <bend>
- <tap>
- <heel>
- <toe>
- <fingernails>
- <hole>
- <arrow>
- <handbell>
- <brass-bend>
- <flip>
- <smear>
- <open>
- <half-muted>
- <harmon-mute>
- <golpe>
- <other-technical>


## Attributes

| Name | Type | Required? | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| id | ID | No | Specifies an ID that is unique to the entire document. |


## Examples


This element is used in the following examples:


<arrow>, <arrowhead>, <artificial>, <bend>, <brass-bend>, <circular-arrow>, <double-tongue>, <down-bow>, <fingering> (Notation), <fingernails>, <flip>, <golpe>, <half-muted>, <handbell>, <harmon-mute>, <heel>, <heel> and <toe> substitution, <hole-type>, <hole>, <natural>, <open-string>, <open>, <pluck>, <pre-bend>, <release>, <smear>, <snap-pizzicato>, <stopped>, <tap>, <technical> (Tablature), <thumb-position>, <toe>, <triple-tongue>, <up-bow>, <with-bar>, Tutorial: Tablature