Using <offset> it is
possible to make successive <direction> elements look like being
concatenated. However, it is a bad idea in general to do that because
it makes the rendering dependent on a program's score formatting.
In the first bar, the first <direction> element contains a tempo
mark and is directly followed by another <direction> element
containing a metronome mark that is moved to the right by a positive
<offset> element.
In the second bar, the first <direction> element holds the start
of a diminuendo wedge; it is directly followed by another
<direction> element containing a dynamics mark. Since the
wedge has an <offset> element with a positive value while the
dynamics has no such element at all, the dynamics precedes the
wedge.
The wedge ends at or right before the final bar line (i.e., the
<direction> element ending the wedge comes after the last
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