The <other-technical> element

Parent element: <technical>

The <other-technical> element is used to define any technical indications not yet in the MusicXML format. The smufl attribute can be used to specify a particular glyph, allowing application interoperability without requiring every Standard Music Font Layout (SMuFL) technical indication to have a MusicXML element equivalent. Using the <other-technical> element without the smufl attribute allows for extended representation, though without application interoperability.

Content

string

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 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.
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.
placement	above-below	No	Indicates whether something is above or below another element, such as a note or a notation.
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.
smufl	smufl-glyph-name	No	Indicates a particular Standard Music Font Layout (SMuFL) character using its canonical glyph name. Sometimes this is a formatting choice, and sometimes this is a refinement of the semantic meaning of an element.