Multiple, simple lyrics. The order of the exported stanzas is relevant; in this example, the three lines have the ‘number’ attribute set to ‘1’, ‘2’, and ‘iij’, respectively. MusicXML doesn't provide any means to semantically separate stanza numbers from actual lyrics; it is thus the job of the application to do something sensible. Here, the first <text> elements in each line also hold the stanza number: for lines 1 to 3, the values are ‘1.Tra’, ‘2.-4./5. tra’, and ‘6., 7.TRA’. The lyrics on the last note in measure 1 start extender lines. In the top two lyric lines, there is an <extend> element without an attribute (compliant to MusicXML versions before 3.0). In the third lyric line, the fourth note has attribute ‘start’, and the first note of measure 2 has attribute ‘stop’, using the extended syntax introduced in MusicXML 3.0. MusicXML Part 1 0 major 4 4 G 2 G 4 1 1 quarter begin 1.Tra begin 2.-4./5. tra begin 6., 7.TRA G 4 1 1 quarter middle la middle la middle LA G 4 1 1 quarter end la, end la, end LA, G 4 1 1 quarter single ja! single ja! single JA! G 4 1 1 quarter G 4 1 1 quarter begin Tra begin Tra begin TRA G 4 1 1 quarter G 4 1 1 quarter end ra... end ra. end RA... light-heavy