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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE score-partwise PUBLIC "-//Recordare//DTD MusicXML 1.0 Partwise//EN"
+ "http://www.musicxml.org/dtds/partwise.dtd">
+<score-partwise>
+ <identification>
+ <miscellaneous>
+ <miscellaneous-field name="description">Grace notes shall not mess up the
+ lyrics, and they shall not be assigned a syllable.</miscellaneous-field>
+ </miscellaneous>
+ </identification>
+ <part-list>
+ <score-part id="P1">
+ <part-name>MusicXML Part</part-name>
+ </score-part>
+ </part-list>
+ <!--=========================================================-->
+ <part id="P1">
+ <measure number="1">
+ <attributes>
+ <divisions>2</divisions>
+ <key>
+ <fifths>0</fifths>
+ <mode>major</mode>
+ </key>
+ <time symbol="common">
+ <beats>4</beats>
+ <beat-type>4</beat-type>
+ </time>
+ <clef>
+ <sign>G</sign>
+ <line>2</line>
+ </clef>
+ </attributes>
+ <note>
+ <pitch>
+ <step>G</step>
+ <octave>4</octave>
+ </pitch>
+ <duration>2</duration>
+ <voice>1</voice>
+ <type>quarter</type>
+ <notations>
+ <slur number="1" type="start"/>
+ </notations>
+ <lyric number="1">
+ <syllabic>begin</syllabic>
+ <text>Ly</text>
+ </lyric>
+ </note>
+ <note>
+ <grace slash="yes"/>
+ <pitch>
+ <step>D</step>
+ <octave>5</octave>
+ </pitch>
+ <voice>1</voice>
+ <type>eighth</type>
+ </note>
+ <note>
+ <pitch>
+ <step>C</step>
+ <octave>5</octave>
+ </pitch>
+ <duration>2</duration>
+ <voice>1</voice>
+ <type>quarter</type>
+ <notations>
+ <slur number="1" type="stop"/>
+ </notations>
+ </note>
+ <note>
+ <pitch>
+ <step>C</step>
+ <octave>5</octave>
+ </pitch>
+ <duration>2</duration>
+ <voice>1</voice>
+ <type>quarter</type>
+ <lyric number="1">
+ <syllabic>end</syllabic>
+ <text>rics</text>
+ </lyric>
+ </note>
+ <note>
+ <grace slash="yes"/>
+ <pitch>
+ <step>D</step>
+ <octave>5</octave>
+ </pitch>
+ <tie type="start"/>
+ <voice>1</voice>
+ <type>eighth</type>
+ <notations>
+ <tied type="start"/>
+ </notations>
+ </note>
+ <note>
+ <pitch>
+ <step>C</step>
+ <octave>5</octave>
+ </pitch>
+ <duration>2</duration>
+ <voice>1</voice>
+ <type>quarter</type>
+ <lyric number="1">
+ <syllabic>single</syllabic>
+ <text>on</text>
+ </lyric>
+ </note>
+ </measure>
+ <!--=======================================================-->
+ <measure number="2">
+ <note>
+ <pitch>
+ <step>C</step>
+ <octave>5</octave>
+ </pitch>
+ <duration>2</duration>
+ <tie type="start"/>
+ <voice>1</voice>
+ <type>quarter</type>
+ <notations>
+ <tied type="start"/>
+ </notations>
+ <lyric number="1">
+ <syllabic>single</syllabic>
+ <text>notes</text>
+ <extend/>
+ </lyric>
+ </note>
+ <note>
+ <grace/>
+ <pitch>
+ <step>E</step>
+ <octave>5</octave>
+ </pitch>
+ <tie type="start"/>
+ <voice>1</voice>
+ <type>eighth</type>
+ <beam number="1">begin</beam>
+ <notations>
+ <tied type="start"/>
+ </notations>
+ </note>
+ <note>
+ <grace/>
+ <pitch>
+ <step>D</step>
+ <octave>5</octave>
+ </pitch>
+ <voice>1</voice>
+ <type>eighth</type>
+ <beam number="1">end</beam>
+ </note>
+ <note>
+ <pitch>
+ <step>C</step>
+ <octave>5</octave>
+ </pitch>
+ <duration>2</duration>
+ <tie type="stop"/>
+ <voice>1</voice>
+ <type>quarter</type>
+ <notations>
+ <tied type="stop"/>
+ </notations>
+ </note>
+ <note>
+ <grace/>
+ <pitch>
+ <step>D</step>
+ <octave>5</octave>
+ </pitch>
+ <voice>1</voice>
+ <type>eighth</type>
+ </note>
+ <note>
+ <pitch>
+ <step>C</step>
+ <octave>5</octave>
+ </pitch>
+ <duration>2</duration>
+ <voice>1</voice>
+ <type>quarter</type>
+ <lyric number="1">
+ <syllabic>single</syllabic>
+ <text>with</text>
+ </lyric>
+ </note>
+ <note>
+ <pitch>
+ <step>C</step>
+ <octave>5</octave>
+ </pitch>
+ <duration>2</duration>
+ <voice>1</voice>
+ <type>quarter</type>
+ <lyric number="1">
+ <syllabic>single</syllabic>
+ <text>graces</text>
+ </lyric>
+ </note>
+ <barline location="right">
+ <bar-style>light-heavy</bar-style>
+ </barline>
+ </measure>
+ </part>
+ <!--=========================================================-->
+</score-partwise>