music-score/docs/musicxml-spec/elements/per-minute.md

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The element | MusicXML 4.0

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per-minute

The element

Parent element:

    <metronome>

The element can be a number, or a text description including numbers. If a font is specified, it overrides the font specified for the overall element. This allows separate specification of a music font for the and a text font for the numeric value, in cases where a single metronome font is not used.

Content

string

Attributes

Name	Type	Required?	Description
font-family	font-family	No	A comma-separated list of font names.
font-size	font-size	No	One of the CSS sizes or a numeric point size.
font-style	font-style	No	Normal or italic style.
font-weight	font-weight	No	Normal or bold weight.

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

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