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Element: interchangeable

Description

The interchangeable type is used to represent the second in a pair of interchangeable dual time signatures, such as the 6/8 in 3/4 (6/8). A separate symbol attribute value is available compared to the time element's symbol attribute, which applies to the first of the dual time signatures. The parentheses attribute value is yes by default.

Derived By

Type interchangeable

Attributes
Name  Type  Required?  Default  Description 
symbol  time-symbol  No  A separate symbol attribute value is available compared to the time element's symbol attribute, which applies to the first of the dual time signatures.
separator  time-separator  No  The time-separator attribute indicates how to display the arrangement between the beats and beat-type values in a time signature. The default value is none. The horizontal, diagonal, and vertical values represent horizontal, diagonal lower-left to upper-right, and vertical lines respectively. For these values, the beats and beat-type values are arranged on either side of the separator line. The none value represents  no separator with the beats and beat-type arranged vertically. The adjacent value represents no separator with the beats and beat-type arranged horizontally.
Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component  Type  Occurs  Default  Description 
  1..1 
time-relation  time-relation  0..1 

The time-relation type indicates the symbol used to represent the interchangeable aspect of dual time signatures.

  1..* 
beats  xs:string  1..1 

The beats element indicates the number of beats, as found in the numerator of a time signature.

beat-type  xs:string  1..1 

The beat-type element indicates the beat unit, as found in the denominator of a time signature.

Referenced By
Example

        <time>
          <beats>3</beats>
          <beat-type>4</beat-type>
          <interchangeable>
            <beats>6</beats>
            <beat-type>8</beat-type>
            <time-relation>equals</time-relation>
          </interchangeable>

        </time>

Definition

See time

 

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