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

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The element

Parent element:

    <harmony>

The element represents the Roman numeral or Nashville number part of a harmony. It requires that the key be specified in the encoding, either with a or element.

Content

In this order

• (Required)
• (Optional)
• (Optional)

Attributes

None.

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

, , ,