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Element: barre

Description

The barre element indicates placing a finger over multiple strings on a single fret.

Derived By

Type barre

Attributes
Name  Type  Required?  Default  Description 
type  start-stop  Yes  The type is "start" for the lowest pitched string (e.g., the string with the highest MusicXML number) and is "stop" for the highest pitched string.
color  color  No 
Content Model

Always empty.

Referenced By
Example

        <frame default-y="93" halign="center" unplayed="x" valign="top">
          <frame-strings>6</frame-strings>
          <frame-frets>5</frame-frets>
          <first-fret location="right" text="12fr.">12</first-fret>
          <frame-note>
            <string>5</string>
            <fret>12</fret>
            <barre type="start"/>
          </frame-note>
          <frame-note>
            <string>4</string>
            <fret>14</fret>
            <barre type="start"/>
          </frame-note>
          <frame-note>
            <string>3</string>
            <fret>14</fret>
          </frame-note>
          <frame-note>
            <string>2</string>
            <fret>14</fret>
            <barre type="stop"/>
          </frame-note>
          <frame-note>
            <string>1</string>
            <fret>12</fret>
            <barre type="stop"/>
          </frame-note>
        </frame>

Definition

See frame-note

 

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