Element: staff [group staff]
Description
Staff assignment is only needed for music notated on multiple staves. Used by both notes and directions. Staff values are numbers, with 1 referring to the top-most staff in a part.
Derived By
Type xs:positiveInteger
Referenced By
Example
<note default-x="82">
<pitch>
<step>F</step>
<octave>2</octave>
</pitch>
<duration>1</duration>
<voice>2</voice>
<type>16th</type>
<stem default-y="23">up</stem>
<staff>2</staff>
<beam number="1">begin</beam>
<beam number="2">begin</beam>
</note>
<note default-x="119">
<pitch>
<step>C</step>
<octave>3</octave>
</pitch>
<duration>1</duration>
<voice>2</voice>
<type>16th</type>
<stem default-y="30">up</stem>
<staff>2</staff>
<beam number="1">continue</beam>
<beam number="2">continue</beam>
</note>
<note default-x="119">
<chord/>
<pitch>
<step>F</step>
<octave>3</octave>
</pitch>
<duration>1</duration>
<voice>2</voice>
<type>16th</type>
<stem>up</stem>
<staff>2</staff>
</note>
<note default-x="156">
<pitch>
<step>A</step>
<octave>5</octave>
</pitch>
<duration>1</duration>
<voice>2</voice>
<type>16th</type>
<stem default-y="-70.5">down</stem>
<staff>1</staff>
<beam number="1">continue</beam>
<beam number="2">continue</beam>
</note>
<note default-x="156">
<chord/>
<pitch>
<step>C</step>
<octave>6</octave>
</pitch>
<duration>1</duration>
<voice>2</voice>
<type>16th</type>
<stem>down</stem>
<staff>1</staff>
</note>
<note default-x="156">
<chord/>
<pitch>
<step>F</step>
<octave>6</octave>
</pitch>
<duration>1</duration>
<voice>2</voice>
<type>16th</type>
<stem>down</stem>
<staff>1</staff>
</note>
<note default-x="193">
<pitch>
<step>F</step>
<octave>5</octave>
</pitch>
<duration>1</duration>
<voice>2</voice>
<type>16th</type>
<stem default-y="-63">down</stem>
<staff>1</staff>
<beam number="1">end</beam>
<beam number="2">end</beam>
</note>
