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

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The element | MusicXML 4.0

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tenths

The element

Parent element:

    <scaling>

The element contains the number of tenths that correspond to the given number of millimeters within the element formula. Setting this to 40 allows the element to specify the size of a 5-line staff.

Content

tenths

Attributes

None.

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

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