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Attribute: cautionary

Description

While a barline is understood to cancel the effect of an accidental (except for tied notes), publishers often add cautionary accidentals(also referred to as a "courtesy accidental" or "reminder accidental") to notes across the barline to remind the performer of the correct pitch.

Derived By

Type yes-no

Enumeration
Value  Description 
yes 

no 

MusicXML default

Referenced By
Definition

See accidental

 

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