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The <technical> element

Parent element: <notations>

The <technical> element groups together technical indications that give performance information for specific instruments.

Content

Zero or more of the following

• <up-bow>
• <down-bow>
• <harmonic>
• <open-string>
• <thumb-position>
• <fingering>
• <pluck>
• <double-tongue>
• <triple-tongue>
• <stopped>
• <snap-pizzicato>
• <fret>
• <string>
• <hammer-on>
• <pull-off>
• <bend>
• <tap>
• <heel>
• <toe>
• <fingernails>
• <hole>
• <arrow>
• <handbell>
• <brass-bend>
• <flip>
• <smear>
• <open>
• <half-muted>
• <harmon-mute>
• <golpe>
• <other-technical>

Attributes

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

<arrow>, <arrowhead>, <artificial>, <bend>, <brass-bend>, <circular-arrow>, <double-tongue>, <down-bow>, <fingering> (Notation), <fingernails>, <flip>, <golpe>, <half-muted>, <handbell>, <harmon-mute>, <heel>, <heel> and <toe> substitution, <hole-type>, <hole>, <natural>, <open-string>, <open>, <pluck>, <pre-bend>, <release>, <smear>, <snap-pizzicato>, <stopped>, <tap>, <technical> (Tablature), <thumb-position>, <toe>, <triple-tongue>, <up-bow>, <with-bar>, Tutorial: Tablature