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

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The element | MusicXML 4.0

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The element

Parent element:

    <note>

The element collects musical notations that apply to a specific note or chord.Multiple elements are allowed in order to represent multiple editorial levels. The print-object attribute allows to represent details of performance technique, such as fingerings, without having them appear in the score. This element is not related to the concept of XML notations.

Content

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          <footnote> (Optional)
  
  
  
  
  
          <level> (Optional)
  

• (Optional)

• (Optional)

• Zero or more of the following

          <tied> 
  
  
  
  
  
          <slur> 
  
  
  
  
  
          <tuplet> 
  
  
  
  
  
          <glissando> 
  
  
  
  
  
          <slide> 
  
  
  
  
  
          <ornaments> 
  
  
  
  
  
          <technical> 
  
  
  
  
  
          <articulations> 
  
  
  
  
  
          <dynamics> 
  
  
  
  
  
          <fermata> 
  
  
  
  
  
          <arpeggiate> 
  
  
  
  
  
          <non-arpeggiate> 
  
  
  
  
  
          <accidental-mark> 
  
  
  
  
  
          <other-notation>
  

Attributes

Name	Type	Required?	Description
id	ID	No	Specifies an ID that is unique to the entire document.
print-object	yes-no	No	Specifies whether or not to print an object. It is yes if not specified.

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

, (Notation), (Ornament), , , , , , , , , , (Multiple Stop), , , , , , , , (Lyric), , (Notation), , , , (Multiple), (Single), , , (Appoggiatura), , , , , , , and substitution, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (Tablature), , , , , , (Double), (Single), , , , (Nested), (Regular), , , , , , , , Tutorial: Après un rêve, Tutorial: Chopin Prelude, Tutorial: Tablature