The <accidental> element
Parent element: <note>
The <accidental> element represents actual notated accidentals.
Content
accidental-valueAttributes
| Name | Type | Required?(Default) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| bracket | yes-no | No | Specifies whether or not brackets are put around a symbol for an editorial indication. If not specified, it is left to application defaults. |
| Specifies whether or not brackets are put around a symbol for an editorial indication. If not specified, it is left to application defaults. | |||
| cautionary | yes-no | No | If yes, indicates that this is a cautionary accidental. The value is no if not present. |
| If yes, indicates that this is a cautionary accidental. The value is no if not present. | |||
| color | color | No | Indicates the color of an element. |
| Indicates the color of an element. | |||
| default-x | tenths | No | Changes the computation of the default horizontal position. The origin is changed relative to the left-hand side of the note or the musical position within the bar. Positive x is right and negative x is left.
This attribute provides higher-resolution positioning data than the |
| Changes the computation of the default horizontal position. The origin is changed relative to the left-hand side of the note or the musical position within the bar. Positive x is right and negative x is left.
This attribute provides higher-resolution positioning data than the | |||
| default-y | tenths | No | Changes the computation of the default vertical position. The origin is changed relative to the top line of the staff. Positive y is up and negative y is down.
This attribute provides higher-resolution positioning data than the placement attribute. Applications reading a MusicXML file that can understand both attributes should generally rely on this attribute for its greater accuracy. |
| Changes the computation of the default vertical position. The origin is changed relative to the top line of the staff. Positive y is up and negative y is down.
This attribute provides higher-resolution positioning data than the placement attribute. Applications reading a MusicXML file that can understand both attributes should generally rely on this attribute for its greater accuracy. | |||
| editorial | yes-no | No | If yes, indicates that this is an editorial accidental. The value is no if not present. |
| If yes, indicates that this is an editorial accidental. The value is no if not present. | |||
| font-family | font-family | No | A comma-separated list of font names. |
| A comma-separated list of font names. | |||
| font-size | font-size | No | One of the CSS sizes or a numeric point size. |
| One of the CSS sizes or a numeric point size. | |||
| font-style | font-style | No | Normal or italic style. |
| Normal or italic style. | |||
| font-weight | font-weight | No | Normal or bold weight. |
| Normal or bold weight. | |||
| parentheses | yes-no | No | Specifies whether or not parentheses are put around a symbol for an editorial indication. If not specified, it is left to application defaults. |
| Specifies whether or not parentheses are put around a symbol for an editorial indication. If not specified, it is left to application defaults. | |||
| relative-x | tenths | No | Changes the horizontal position relative to the default position, either as computed by the individual program, or as overridden by the default-x attribute. Positive x is right and negative x is left. It should be interpreted in the context of the <offset> element or directive attribute if those are present. |
Changes the horizontal position relative to the default position, either as computed by the individual program, or as overridden by the default-x attribute. Positive x is right and negative x is left. It should be interpreted in the context of the <offset> element or directive attribute if those are present. | |||
| relative-y | tenths | No | Changes the vertical position relative to the default position, either as computed by the individual program, or as overridden by the default-y attribute. Positive y is up and negative y is down. It should be interpreted in the context of the placement attribute if that is present. |
| Changes the vertical position relative to the default position, either as computed by the individual program, or as overridden by the default-y attribute. Positive y is up and negative y is down. It should be interpreted in the context of the placement attribute if that is present. | |||
| size | symbol-size | No | Specifies the symbol size to use for an editorial indication. If not specified, it is left to application defaults. |
| Specifies the symbol size to use for an editorial indication. If not specified, it is left to application defaults. | |||
| smufl | smufl-accidental-glyph-name | No | References a specific Standard Music Font Layout (SMuFL) accidental glyph. This is used both with the other accidental value and for disambiguating cases where a single MusicXML accidental value could be represented by multiple SMuFL glyphs. |
| References a specific Standard Music Font Layout (SMuFL) accidental glyph. This is used both with the other accidental value and for disambiguating cases where a single MusicXML accidental value could be represented by multiple SMuFL glyphs. | |||
Examples
This element is used in the following examples:
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