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Element: accent

Description

The accent element indicates a regular horizontal accent mark.

Derived By

Type empty-placement

Attributes
Name  Type  Required?  Default  Description 
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 
placement  above-below  No 
Content Model

Always empty.

Referenced By
Example

      <note default-x="36">
        <pitch>
          <step>A</step>
          <octave>4</octave>
        </pitch>
        <duration>4</duration>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>half</type>
        <stem default-y="10.5">up</stem>
        <notations>
          <articulations>
            <accent default-x="-1" default-y="-55" placement="below"/>
          </articulations>
        </notations>
      </note>
Definition

See articulations

 

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