The <measure-numbering> element
Parent element: <print>
The <measure-numbering> element describes how frequently measure numbers are displayed on this part. The text attribute from the <measure> element is used for display, or the number attribute if the text attribute is not present. Measures with an implicit attribute set to yes never display a measure number, regardless of the <measure-numbering> setting.
Content
Attributes
| Name | Type | Required? | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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. |
| 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. |
| halign | left-center-right | No | In cases where text extends over more than one line, horizontal alignment and justify values can be different. The most typical case is for credits, such as:Words and music by Typically this type of credit is aligned to the right, so that the position information refers to the right-most part of the text. But in this example, the text is center-justified, not right-justified. The halign attribute is used in these situations. If it is not present, its value is the same as for the justify attribute. For elements where a justify attribute is not allowed, the default is implementation-dependent. |
| multiple-rest-always | yes-no | No | The multiple-rest-always and multiple-rest-range attributes describe how measure numbers are shown on multiple rests when the <measure-numbering> value is not set to none. The multiple-rest-always attribute is set to yes when the measure number should always be shown, even if the multiple rest starts midway through a system when measure numbering is set to system level. |
| multiple-rest-range | yes-no | No | The multiple-rest-always and multiple-rest-range attributes describe how measure numbers are shown on multiple rests when the <measure-numbering> value is not set to none. The multiple-rest-range attribute is set to yes when measure numbers on multiple rests display the range of numbers for the first and last measure, rather than just the number of the first measure. |
| 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. |
| staff | staff-number | No | Refers to staff numbers within the part, from top to bottom on the system. It indicates which staff is used as the reference point for vertical positioning. A value of 1 is assumed if not present. |
| system | system-relation-number | No | Specifies if measure numbers are associated with a system rather than the particular part where the <measure-numbering> element appears. |
| valign | valign | No | Indicates vertical alignment to the top, middle, bottom, or baseline of the text. The default is implementation-dependent. |
Examples
This element is used in the following examples: