Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Attributes

compact
full definition
by class
by module

breaksec

breaksec(optional)Presence of this attribute indicates that the secondary beam should be broken following this note/chord. The value of the attribute records the number of beams which should remain unbroken. Value is a positive integer.

direct children

breaksec(optional)Presence of this attribute indicates that the secondary beam should be broken following this note/chord. The value of the attribute records the number of beams which should remain unbroken. Value is a positive integer.

MEI.cmnCommon Music Notation (CMN) repertoire component declarations.

breaksec(optional)Presence of this attribute indicates that the secondary beam should be broken following this note/chord. The value of the attribute records the number of beams which should remain unbroken. Value is a positive integer.

Available at

compact
by class
by module

chord, note, rest

att.beamSecondary

att.chord.vis.cmn

att.chord.vis

chordA simultaneous sounding of two or more notes in the same layer *with the same duration*.

att.note.vis.cmn

att.note.vis

noteA single pitched event.

att.rest.vis.cmn

att.rest.vis

restA non-sounding event found in the source being transcribed.

MEI.sharedComponent declarations that are shared between two or more modules.

chordA simultaneous sounding of two or more notes in the same layer *with the same duration*.

noteA single pitched event.

restA non-sounding event found in the source being transcribed.

Declaration


                                 <classSpec ident="att.beamSecondary" module="MEI.cmn" type="atts">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Attributes that capture information about secondary beaming.</desc>
                                    
                                    <attList>
                                       
                                       <attDef ident="breaksec" usage="opt">
                                          
                                          <desc xml:lang="en">Presence of this attribute indicates that the secondary beam should be broken
                                             following this note/chord. The value of the attribute records the number of beams
                                             which
                                             should remain unbroken.</desc>
                                          
                                          <datatype>
                                             
                                             <rng:data type="positiveInteger"/>
                                             </datatype>
                                          </attDef>
                                       </attList>
                                    </classSpec>