Element: cancel [group traditional-key]

Description

A cancel element indicates that the old key signature should be cancelled before the new one appears. This will always happen when changing to C major or A minor and need not be specified then. The cancel value matches the fifths value of the cancelled key signature (e.g., a cancel of -2 will provide an explicit cancellation for changing from B flat major to F major).

Derived By

Type cancel

Attributes

Name	Type	Required?	Default	Description
location	cancel-location	No		The optional location attribute indicates whether the cancellation appears relative to the new key signature.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Referenced By

• Complex Type key

Example

      <attributes>
        <key>
          <cancel>-2</cancel>
          <fifths>-1</fifths>
          <mode>major</mode>
        </key>
      </attributes>