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The <octave-shift> element

Parent element: <direction-type>

octave-shift

The octave shift type indicates where notes are shifted up or down from their true pitched values because of printing difficulty. Thus a treble clef line noted with 8va will be indicated with an octave-shift down from the pitch data indicated in the notes. A size of 8 indicates one octave; a size of 15 indicates two octaves.

Content

Always empty.

Attributes

Name Type Required? Description
color color No
dash-length tenths No
default-x tenths No
default-y tenths No
font-family font-family No
font-size font-size No
font-style font-style No
font-weight font-weight No
id xs:ID No
number number-level No
relative-x tenths No
relative-y tenths No
size xs:positiveInteger No
space-length tenths No
type up-down-stop-continue Yes

Examples

This element is used in the following example:

<octave-shift>