Complex Type: accidental

Description

The accidental type represents actual notated accidentals. Editorial and cautionary indications are indicated by attributes. Values for these attributes are "no" if not present. Specific graphic display such as parentheses, brackets, and size are controlled by the level-display attribute group.

Derived By

Extending accidental-value

Attributes

Name	Type	Required?	Default	Description
cautionary	yes-no	No		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.
editorial	yes-no	No
parentheses	yes-no	No
bracket	yes-no	No
size	symbol-size	No
default-x	tenths	No
default-y	tenths	No
relative-x	tenths	No
relative-y	tenths	No
font-family	comma-separated-text	No
font-style	font-style	No
font-size	font-size	No
font-weight	font-weight	No
color	color	No

Referenced By

• Element accidental

Definition

<xs:complexType name="accidental">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>The accidental type represents actual notated accidentals. Editorial and cautionary indications are indicated by attributes. Values for these attributes are "no" if not present. Specific graphic display such as parentheses, brackets, and size are controlled by the level-display attribute group.</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
  <xs:simpleContent>
    <xs:extension base="accidental-value">
      <xs:attribute name="cautionary" type="yes-no">
        <xsd:annotation>
          <xsd:documentation>
          </xsd:documentation>
        </xsd:annotation>
      </xs:attribute>
      <xs:attribute name="editorial" type="yes-no">
        <xsd:annotation>
          <xsd:documentation>
          </xsd:documentation>
        </xsd:annotation>
      </xs:attribute>
      <xs:attributeGroup ref="level-display" />
      <xs:attributeGroup ref="print-style" />
    </xs:extension>
  </xs:simpleContent>
</xs:complexType>