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The <attributes> element

Parent elements: <measure> (partwise), <part> (timewise)

The <attributes> element contains musical information that typically changes on measure boundaries. This includes key and time signatures, clefs, transpositions, and staving. When attributes are changed mid-measure, it affects the music in score order, not in MusicXML document order.

Content

In this order

• In this order
  • <footnote> (Optional)
  • <level> (Optional)
• <divisions> (Optional)
• <key> (Zero or more times)
• <time> (Zero or more times)
• <staves> (Optional)
• <part-symbol> (Optional)
• <instruments> (Optional)
• <clef> (Zero or more times)
• <staff-details> (Zero or more times)
• Exactly one of the following
  • <transpose> (Zero or more times)
  • <for-part> (Zero or more times)
• <directive> (Zero or more times)
• <measure-style> (Zero or more times)

Attributes

None.

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

<assess> and <player>, <attributes>, <barline>, <beat-repeat>, <cancel>, <concert-score> and <for-part>, <divisions> and <duration>, <double>, <except-voice>, <instrument-change>, <line-detail>, <measure-distance>, <measure-repeat>, <multiple-rest>, <part-symbol>, <pedal> (Lines), <score-timewise>, <slash>, <staff-type>, <staves>, <transpose>, <unpitched>, Tutorial: Après un rêve, Tutorial: Chopin Prelude, Tutorial: Chord Symbols, Tutorial: Hello, World, Tutorial: Percussion, Tutorial: Tablature