MusicXML:Element:part-group
MusicXML Element measure
Description
The part-group element indicates groupings of parts in the score, usually indicated by braces and brackets. Braces that are used for multi-staff parts should be defined in the attributes element for that part. The part-group start element appears before the first score-part in the group. The part-group stop element appears after the last score-part in the group. The number attribute is used to distinguish overlapping and nested part-groups, not the sequence of groups. As with parts, groups can have a name and abbreviation. Values for the child elements are ignored at the stop of a group. A part-group element is not needed for a single multi-staff part. By default, multi-staff parts include a brace symbol and (if appropriate given the bar-style) common barlines. The symbol formatting for a multi-staff part can be more fully specified using the part-symbol element.
Attributes
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Components
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Example
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<part-list>
<part-group type="start" number="1">
<group-symbol>brace</group-symbol>
</part-group>
<score-part id="P1">
<part-name>Piano</part-name>
<part-name-display>
<display-text>Piano</display-text>
</part-name-display>
<part-abbreviation>Pno.</part-abbreviation>
<part-abbreviation-display>
<display-text>Pno.</display-text>
</part-abbreviation-display>
<score-instrument id="P1-I1">
<instrument-name>Piano (2)</instrument-name>
<instrument-sound>keyboard.piano.grand</instrument-sound>
<solo />
<virtual-instrument>
<virtual-library>General MIDI</virtual-library>
<virtual-name>Acoustic Piano</virtual-name>
</virtual-instrument>
</score-instrument>
</score-part>
<part-group type="stop" number="1" />
</part-list>
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