Element: time

Time signatures are represented by the beats element for the numerator and the beat-type element for the denominator.

Name	Type	Required?	Description
number	staff-number	No	The optional number attribute refers to staff numbers within the part. If absent, the time signature applies to all staves in the part.
symbol	time-symbol	No	The symbol attribute is used indicate common and cut time symbols as well as a single number display.
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.
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.
print-object	yes-no	No

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component	Type	Occurs	Description
		1..1
senza-misura	xs:string	1..1	A senza-misura element explicitly indicates that no time signature is present. The optional element content indicates the symbol to be used, if any, such as an X. The time element's symbol attribute is not used when a senza-misura element is present.
		1..1
		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.

interchangeable	interchangeable	0..1	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.

      <attributes>
        <time>
          <beats>3</beats>
          <beat-type>4</beat-type>
        </time>
      </attributes>