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The <wavy-line> element

Parent elements: <barline><ornaments>

wavy-line

Wavy lines are one way to indicate trills and vibrato. When used with a barline element, they should always have type=“continue” set. The smufl attribute specifies a particular wavy line glyph from the SMuFL Multi-segment lines range.

Content

Always empty.

Attributes

Name Type Required? Description
accelerate yes-no No
beats trill-beats No
color color No
default-x tenths No
default-y tenths No
last-beat percent No
number number-level No
placement above-below No
relative-x tenths No
relative-y tenths No
second-beat percent No
smufl smufl-wavy-line-glyph-name No
start-note start-note No
trill-step trill-step No
two-note-turn two-note-turn No
type start-stop-continue Yes

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

<trill-mark><wavy-line>