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Element: fermata

Description

The fermata text content represents the shape of the fermata sign. An empty fermata element represents a normal fermata. The fermata type is upright if not specified.

Derived By

Type fermata

Attributes
Name  Type  Required?  Default  Description 
type  upright-inverted  No 
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

Contains text only.

Referenced By
Example

        <notations>
          <fermata default-x="-5" default-y="10" type="upright"/>
        </notations>
Definition

See notations

 

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