notehead-value data type
The notehead-value type indicates shapes other than the open and closed ovals associated with note durations.
The values do, re, mi, fa, fa up, so, la, and ti correspond to Aikin's 7-shape system. The fa up shape is typically used with upstems; the fa shape is typically used with downstems or no stems.
The arrow shapes differ from triangle and inverted triangle by being centered on the stem. Slashed and back slashed notes include both the normal notehead and a slash. The triangle shape has the tip of the triangle pointing up; the inverted triangle shape has the tip of the triangle pointing down. The left triangle shape is a right triangle with the hypotenuse facing up and to the left.
The other notehead covers noteheads other than those listed here. It is usually used in combination with the smufl attribute to specify a particular SMuFL notehead. The smufl attribute may be used with any notehead value to help specify the appearance of symbols that share the same MusicXML semantics. Noteheads in the SMuFL Note name noteheads and Note name noteheads supplement ranges (U+E150–U+E1AF and U+EEE0–U+EEFF) should not use the smufl attribute or the "other" value, but instead use the notehead-text element.
Base type: string
Allowed values
| arrow down |  |
|---|---|
| arrow up |  |
| back slashed |  |
| circle dot |  |
| circle-x |  |
| circled |  |
| cluster |  |
| cross |  |
| diamond |  |
| do | As in Aikin's 7-shape system: |
| fa | As in Aikin's 7-shape system, typically used with downstems or no stems: |
| fa up | As in Aikin's 7-shape system, typically used with upstems: |
| inverted triangle |  |
| la | As in Aikin's 7-shape system: |
| left triangle |  |
| mi | As in Aikin's 7-shape system: |
| none |  |
| normal |  |
| re | As in Aikin's 7-shape system: |
| rectangle |  |
| slash |  |
| slashed |  |
| so | As in Aikin's 7-shape system: |
| square |  |
| ti | As in Aikin's 7-shape system: |
| triangle |  |
| x |  |
| other | Noteheads other than those listed here. This value is usually used in combination with the smufl attribute to specify a particular SMuFL notehead. The smufl attribute may also be used with any notehead value to help specify the appearance of symbols that share the same MusicXML semantics. Noteheads in the SMuFL Note name noteheads and Note name noteheads supplement ranges (U+E150–U+E1AF and U+EEE0–U+EEFF) should not use the smufl attribute or the other value, but instead use the <notehead-text> element. |