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

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step

The element

Parent element:

    <pitch>

The element represents a step of the diatonic scale, represented using the English letters A through G.

Content

step

Attributes

None.

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

, (Notation), (Ornament), , (Microtones), (Semitones), , , and , , , , , , , , , (Multiple Stop), and , , , , and , , , , , , (Figured Bass), (Lyric), , (Multiple), (Single), , (Appoggiatura), , , , , , , , , , , , , , (Lines), (Symbols), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (Tablature), , , (Double), (Single), , , (Nested), (Regular), , , , , , , Tutorial: Après un rêve, Tutorial: Chopin Prelude, Tutorial: Chord Symbols, Tutorial: Hello, World, Tutorial: Tablature