Element: harmonic
Description
The harmonic type indicates natural and artificial harmonics. Allowing the type of pitch to be specified, combined with controls for appearance/playback differences, allows both the notation and the sound to be represented. Artificial harmonics can add a notated touching-pitch; artificial pinch harmonics will usually not notate a touching pitch. The attributes for the harmonic element refer to the use of the circular harmonic symbol, typically but not always used with natural harmonics.
Derived By
Type harmonic
Attributes
| Name | Type | Required? | Default | Description |
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| print-object | yes-no | No |
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| default-x | tenths | No |
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| default-y | tenths | No |
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| relative-x | tenths | No |
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| relative-y | tenths | No |
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| font-family | comma-separated-text | No |
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| font-style | font-style | No |
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| font-size | font-size | No |
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| font-weight | font-weight | No |
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| color | color | No |
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| placement | above-below | No |
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Content Model
Contains elements as defined in the following table.
| Component | Type | Occurs | Default | Description |
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0..1 |
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| artificial | empty | 1..1 |
The artificial element indicates that this is an artificial harmonic. |
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| natural | empty | 1..1 |
The natural element indicates that this is a natural harmonic. These are usually notated at base pitch rather than sounding pitch. |
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0..1 |
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| base-pitch | empty | 1..1 |
The base pitch is the pitch at which the string is played before touching to create the harmonic. |
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| sounding-pitch | empty | 1..1 |
The sounding-pitch is the pitch which is heard when playing the harmonic. |
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| touching-pitch | empty | 1..1 |
The touching-pitch is the pitch at which the string is touched lightly to produce the harmonic. |
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Referenced By
- Complex Type technical
Example
Natural Harmonic
<notations>
<technical>
<harmonic default-x="3" default-y="24" placement="above" print-object="yes"/>
</technical>
</notations>
