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The <articulations> element

Parent element: <notations>

The <articulations> element groups together articulations and accents.

Content

Zero or more of the following

• <accent>
• <strong-accent>
• <staccato>
• <tenuto>
• <detached-legato>
• <staccatissimo>
• <spiccato>
• <scoop>
• <plop>
• <doit>
• <falloff>
• <breath-mark>
• <caesura>
• <stress>
• <unstress>
• <soft-accent>
• <other-articulation>

Attributes

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

<accent>, <articulations>, <breath-mark>, <caesura>, <chord> (Multiple Stop), <detached-legato>, <doit>, <falloff>, <plop>, <scoop>, <soft-accent>, <spiccato>, <staccatissimo>, <staccato>, <stress>, <strong-accent>, <tenuto>, <unstress>