Element: kind [group harmony-chord]

Description

Kind indicates the type of chord. Degree elements can then add, subtract, or alter from these starting points.
The attributes are used to indicate the formatting of the symbol. Since the kind element is the constant in all the harmony-chord groups that can make up a polychord, many formatting attributes are here.
The use-symbols attribute is yes if the kind should be represented when possible with harmony symbols rather than letters and numbers. These symbols include:
major: a triangle, like Unicode 25B3
minor: -, like Unicode 002D
augmented: +, like Unicode 002B
diminished: °, like Unicode 00B0
half-diminished: ø, like Unicode 00F8
For the major-minor kind, only the minor symbol is used when use-symbols is yes. The major symbol is set using the symbol attribute in the degree-value element. The corresponding degree-alter value will usually be 0 in this case.

Derived By

Type kind

Attributes

Name	Type	Required?	Description
use-symbols	yes-no	No	The use-symbols attribute is yes if the kind should be represented when possible with harmony symbols rather than letters and numbers. These symbols include: major: a triangle, like Unicode 25B3 minor: -, like Unicode 002D augmented: +, like Unicode 002B diminished: °, like Unicode 00B0 half-diminished: ø, like Unicode 00F8. For the major-minor kind, only the minor symbol is used when use-symbols is yes. The major symbol is set using the symbol attribute in the degree-value element. The corresponding degree-alter value will usually be 0 in this case.
text	xs:token	No	The text attribute describes how the kind should be spelled in a score. If use-symbols is yes, the value of the text attribute follows the symbol.
stack-degrees	yes-no	No	The stack-degrees attribute is yes if the degree elements should be stacked above each other.
parentheses-degrees	yes-no	No	The parentheses-degrees attribute is yes if all the degrees should be in parentheses.
bracket-degrees	yes-no	No	The bracket-degrees attribute is yes if all the degrees should be in a bracket. If not specified, these values are implementation-specific.
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
halign	left-center-right	No
valign	valign	No	The valign attribute is used to indicate vertical alignment to the top, middle, bottom, or baseline of the text or image. Defaults are implementation-dependent.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Referenced By

Complex Type harmony

Example

      <harmony default-y="25">
        <root>
          <root-step>C</root-step>
        </root>
        <kind halign="center" text="maj">major</kind>
      </harmony>

        <kind halign="center" use-symbols="yes">major-seventh</kind>

        <kind halign="center" text="m7">minor-seventh</kind>

        <kind halign="center" use-symbols="yes">diminished</kind>

        <kind halign="center" use-symbols="yes">half-diminished</kind>

        <kind halign="center" text="aug7">augmented-seventh</kind>

        <kind halign="center" use-symbols="yes">augmented-seventh</kind>