music-score/docs/musicxml-spec/elements/appearance.md

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The element | MusicXML 4.0

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appearance

The element

Parent element:

    <defaults>

The element controls general graphical settings for the music's final form appearance on a printed page of display. This includes support for line widths, definitions for note sizes, standard distances between notation elements, and Standard Music Font Layout (SMuFL) glyphs, plus an extension element for other aspects of appearance.

Content

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Attributes

None.

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

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