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Element: extend

Description

The extend type represents lyric word extension / melisma lines as well as figured bass extensions.

Derived By

Type extend

Attributes
Name  Type  Required?  Default  Description 
type  start-stop-continue  No  The optional type attribute was added in Version 3.0 to provide better formatting control.
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 
Content Model

Always empty.

Referenced By
Example

      <note default-x="14">
        <pitch>
          <step>F</step>
          <octave>4</octave>
        </pitch>
        <duration>4</duration>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>eighth</type>
        <stem default-y="20">up</stem>
        <beam number="1">begin</beam>
        <notations>
          <slur number="1" placement="below" type="start"/>
        </notations>
        <lyric default-y="-73" justify="left" name="verse" number="1">
          <syllabic>single</syllabic>
          <text>I</text>
          <extend type="start"/>
        </lyric>
      </note>
      <note default-x="40">
        <pitch>
          <step>C</step>
          <octave>5</octave>
        </pitch>
        <duration>4</duration>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>eighth</type>
        <stem default-y="20">up</stem>
        <beam number="1">continue</beam>
        <notations>
          <slur number="1" type="stop"/>
        </notations>
        <lyric name="verse" number="1">
          <extend type="stop"/>
        </lyric>
Definition

See lyric

 

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