Element: principal-voice
Description
The principal-voice element represents principal and secondary voices in a score, either for analysis or for square bracket symbols that appear in a score. The content of the principal-voice element is used for analysis and may be any text value. When used for analysis separate from any printed score markings, the symbol attribute should be set to "none".
Derived By
Type principal-voice
Attributes
| Name | Type | Required? | Default | Description |
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| type | start-stop | Yes |
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| symbol | principal-voice-symbol | Yes | The symbol attribute indicates the type of symbol used at the start of the principal-voice. |
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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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| halign | left-center-right | No |
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| 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 direction-type
Example
<direction placement="above">
<direction-type>
<principal-voice type="start" symbol="plain" default-x="4" default-y="22" halign="center"/>
</direction-type>
</direction>
<note>
<rest measure="yes"/>
<duration>8</duration>
<voice>1</voice>
</note>
</measure>
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<measure number="2" width="305">
<note>
<rest measure="yes"/>
<duration>8</duration>
<voice>1</voice>
</note>
<direction placement="above">
<direction-type>
<principal-voice type="stop"/>
</direction-type>
</direction>
