The system object

Type: Dictionary

The system object describes a system of notation — that is, a collection of staves that represent one or more measures across one or more parts.

This element is used in context of a "page". Each system specifies its starting measure number and can optionally specify a layout.

Attributes

Name Type Required? Description
layout ID No An optional layout to use for this system. If provided, this should be the ID of a system-layout object in the same MNX document.

This overrides any layout specified by the parent "page" or "score" objects.
layoutChanges An array of layout change objects No
measure ID Yes The ID of the first global measure in this system.

Plus globally available attributes: _c, _x, id

Parent objects

This object is used by the following parent objects:

Examples

This object is used in the following examples:

Multimeasure rests, Multiple layouts, Orchestral layout, Organ layout, System layouts