music-score/docs/musicxml-spec/elements/notehead-text.md

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notehead-text

The element

Parent element:

    <note>

The element represents text that is displayed inside a notehead, as is done in some educational music. It is not needed for the numbers used in tablature or jianpu notation. The presence of a TAB or jianpu clefs is sufficient to indicate that numbers are used. The and elements allow display of fully formatted text and accidentals.

Content

One or more of the following

Attributes

None.

Examples

This element is used in the following examples: