The <accidental> element

Parent element: <note>


The <accidental> element represents actual notated accidentals.

Content

accidental-value

Attributes

Name Type Required? Description
bracket yes-no No Specifies whether or not brackets are put around a symbol for an editorial indication. If not specified, it is left to application defaults.
cautionary yes-no No If yes, indicates that this is a cautionary accidental. The value is no if not present.
color color No Indicates the color of an element.
default-x tenths No Changes the computation of the default horizontal position. The origin is changed relative to the left-hand side of the note or the musical position within the bar. Positive x is right and negative x is left.

This attribute provides higher-resolution positioning data than the <offset> element. Applications reading a MusicXML file that can understand both features should generally rely on this attribute for its greater accuracy.
default-y tenths No Changes the computation of the default vertical position. The origin is changed relative to the top line of the staff. Positive y is up and negative y is down.

This attribute provides higher-resolution positioning data than the placement attribute. Applications reading a MusicXML file that can understand both attributes should generally rely on this attribute for its greater accuracy.
editorial yes-no No If yes, indicates that this is an editorial accidental. The value is no if not present.
font-family font-family No A comma-separated list of font names.
font-size font-size No One of the CSS sizes or a numeric point size.
font-style font-style No Normal or italic style.
font-weight font-weight No Normal or bold weight.
parentheses yes-no No Specifies whether or not parentheses are put around a symbol for an editorial indication. If not specified, it is left to application defaults.
relative-x tenths No Changes the horizontal position relative to the default position, either as computed by the individual program, or as overridden by the default-x attribute. Positive x is right and negative x is left. It should be interpreted in the context of the <offset> element or directive attribute if those are present.
relative-y tenths No Changes the vertical position relative to the default position, either as computed by the individual program, or as overridden by the default-y attribute. Positive y is up and negative y is down. It should be interpreted in the context of the placement attribute if that is present.
size symbol-size No Specifies the symbol size to use for an editorial indication. If not specified, it is left to application defaults.
smufl smufl-accidental-glyph-name No References a specific Standard Music Font Layout (SMuFL) accidental glyph. This is used both with the other accidental value and for disambiguating cases where a single MusicXML accidental value could be represented by multiple SMuFL glyphs.

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

<accidental>, <alter> (Semitones), <backup>, <forward>, <principal-voice>, Tutorial: Après un rêve, Tutorial: Chopin Prelude, Tutorial: Tablature