All types of octave shifts (15ma, 15mb, 8va, 8vb) MusicXML Part 8 0 major 4 4 G 2 A 4 4 1 eighth begin C 5 4 1 eighth continue -4 A 6 4 1 eighth continue -4 C 3 4 1 eighth end B 2 4 1 eighth begin -4 A 5 4 1 eighth end A 5 4 1 eighth begin -3 B 3 2 1 16th continue begin C 4 2 1 16th end end -2 light-heavy