The <bracket> element
Parent element: <direction-type>
Brackets are combined with words in a variety of modern directions. The line-type is solid if not specified.
Content
Always empty.
Attributes
| Name | Type | Required? | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| line-end | line-end | Yes | Specifies if there is a jog up or down (or both), an arrow, or nothing at the start or end of the bracket. |
| type | start-stop-continue | Yes | Indicates if this is the start, stop, or continuation of the bracket. |
| color | color | No | Indicates the color of an element. |
| dash-length | tenths | No | The length of dashes in a dashed line. Ignored if the corresponding line-type attribute is not dashed. |
| default-x | tenths | No | Changes the computation of the default horizontal position. The origin is changed relative to the start of the entire current measure, at either the left barline or the start of the system. 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. |
| end-length | tenths | No | Specifies the length of the jog if the line-end attribute is up or down. |
| id | ID | No | Specifies an ID that is unique to the entire document. |
| line-type | line-type | No | Specifies if the line is solid, dashed, dotted, or wavy. |
| number | number-level | No | Distinguishes multiple brackets when they overlap in MusicXML document order. |
| 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. |
| space-length | tenths | No | The length of spaces in a dashed line. Ignored if the corresponding line-type attribute is not dashed. |
Examples
This element is used in the following examples: