Overview The "Borrowed" Element Table of
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This element is used when one stop is partially borrowed from another. It appears in the Stop element for the stop which is doing the borrowing, and may appear more than once. If an entire stop is borrowed, the "borrowed" attribute of the Stop element should be used instead of this element.

  Parent Elements (that contain this element)

Stop

  Child Elements (contained by this element)

NameHow ManyDescription
Remark (zero or more)   remarks about this borrowing.

  Attributes
compass
Specifies what notes are borrowed. The value of this attribute must conform to the standard for Compasses.
from   (required)
The id of the Stop or Rank element representing the stop or rank from which notes/pipes are borrowed.
  Examples

In the following example, the bottom octave of the Melodia is borrowed from the Stopped Diapason.

<Stop name="Stopped Diapason" pitch="8" id="StD"> </Stop>
<Stop name="Melodia" pitch="8"> 
    <Borrowed compass="CC-BB" from="StD"> </Borrowed>
</Stop>
  DTD Fragment
<!ELEMENT Borrowed (
	Remark
	)* >
<!ATTLIST Borrowed
	compass CDATA ""
	from IDREF #REQUIRED
	>

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