Some notes with simple lyrics. The values of the <syllabic> elements of the four notes in measure 1 are ‘begin’, ‘middle’, ‘end’, and ‘single’, respectively. Measure 2's first note has no lyrics; the lyrics starts on the second note, skips the third note, and ends at the fourth one. A similar situation is present for measure 3: no lyrics at the first note, a single syllable on the second note, and the third note has again no lyrics. MusicXML Part 1 0 major 4 4 G 2 A 4 1 1 quarter begin Tra A 4 1 1 quarter middle la A 4 1 1 quarter end li A 4 1 1 quarter single Ja! A 4 1 1 quarter A 4 1 1 quarter begin Tra A 4 1 1 quarter A 4 1 1 quarter end ra! A 4 1 1 quarter A 4 1 1 quarter single Bah! A 4 2 1 half light-heavy