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Element: capo

Description

The capo element indicates at which fret a capo should be placed on a fretted instrument. This changes the open tuning of the strings specified by staff-tuning by the specified number of half-steps.

Derived By

Type xs:nonNegativeInteger

Referenced By
Example

        <staff-details>
          <staff-lines>6</staff-lines>
          <staff-tuning line="1">
            <tuning-step>E</tuning-step>
            <tuning-octave>2</tuning-octave>
          </staff-tuning>
          <staff-tuning line="2">
            <tuning-step>A</tuning-step>
            <tuning-octave>2</tuning-octave>
          </staff-tuning>
          <staff-tuning line="3">
            <tuning-step>D</tuning-step>
            <tuning-octave>3</tuning-octave>
          </staff-tuning>
          <staff-tuning line="4">
            <tuning-step>G</tuning-step>
            <tuning-octave>3</tuning-octave>
          </staff-tuning>
          <staff-tuning line="5">
            <tuning-step>B</tuning-step>
            <tuning-octave>3</tuning-octave>
          </staff-tuning>
          <staff-tuning line="6">
            <tuning-step>E</tuning-step>
            <tuning-octave>4</tuning-octave>
          </staff-tuning>
          <capo>5</capo>
          <staff-size>150</staff-size>
        </staff-details>

Definition

See staff-details

 

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