<breath>An indication of a point at which the performer on an instrument requiring
breath (including the voice) may breathe.
<lg>May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines;
however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal
unit, e.g., a
stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
<annot>Provides a statement explaining the text or indicating the basis for an
assertion.
<caesura>Break, pause, or interruption in the normal tempo of a composition. Typically indicated
by
"railroad tracks", i.e., two diagonal slashes.
<arpeg>Indicates that the notes of a chord are to be performed successively
rather than simultaneously, usually from lowest to highest. Sometimes called a "roll".
<beamSpan>Alternative element for explicitly encoding beams, particularly those which
extend across bar lines.
<bend>A variation in pitch (often micro-tonal) upwards or downwards during the course of
a
note.
<bracketSpan>Marks a sequence of notational events grouped by a bracket.
<fermata>An indication placed over a note or rest to indicate that it should be held longer
than
its written value. May also occur over a bar line to indicate the end of a phrase
or section.
Sometimes called a 'hold' or 'pause'.
<gliss>A continuous or sliding movement from one pitch to another, usually
indicated by a straight or wavy line.
<hairpin>Indicates continuous dynamics expressed on the score as wedge-shaped graphics, e.g., <
and >.
<slur>Indication of 1) a "unified melodic idea" or 2) performance technique.
<tie>An indication that two notes of the same pitch form a single note with their combined
rhythmic values.
<tupletSpan>Alternative element for encoding tuplets, especially useful for tuplets
that extend across bar lines.
<mordent>An ornament indicating rapid alternation of the main note with a secondary note, usually
a
step below, but sometimes a step above.
<trill>Rapid alternation of a note with another (usually at the interval of a second
above).
<turn>An ornament consisting of four notes — the upper neighbor of the written note, the
written
note, the lower neighbor, and the written note.
<sp>Contains an individual speech in a performance text.
<stageDir>Contains any kind of stage direction within a dramatic text or
fragment.
<cpMark>A verbal or graphical indication to copy musical material
written elsewhere.
<metaMark>A graphical or textual statement with additional / explanatory information about the
musical text. The textual consequences of this intervention are encoded independently
via
other means; that is, with elements such as <add>, <del>, etc.
<fing>An individual finger in a fingering indication.
<fingGrp>A group of individual fingers in a fingering indication.
<accid>Records a temporary alteration to the pitch of a note.
<artic>An indication of how to play a note or chord.
<attacca>An instruction to begin the next section or movement of a composition without
pause.
<dir>An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols, typically above,
below, or between staves, but not on the staff — that is not encoded elsewhere in
more specific
elements, like <tempo>, <dynam> or <repeatMark>.
<dynam>Indication of the volume of a note, phrase, or section of music.
<ornam>An element indicating an ornament that is not a mordent, turn, or trill.
<phrase>Indication of 1) a "unified melodic idea" or 2) performance technique.
<repeatMark>
An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols – segno and coda – typically
above,
below, or between staves, but not on the staff.
<tempo>Text and symbols descriptive of tempo, mood, or style, e.g., "allarg.", "a tempo",
"cantabile", "Moderato", "♩=60", "Moderato ♩ =60").
<line>A visual line that cannot be represented by a more specific; i.e., semantic,
element.
<clef>Indication of the exact location of a particular note on the staff and, therefore,
the
other notes as well.
<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely
within
a measure.
<beatRpt>An indication that material on a preceding beat should be repeated.
<bTrem>A rapid alternation on a single pitch or chord.
<fTrem>A rapid alternation between a pair of notes (or chords or perhaps
between a note and a chord) that are (usually) farther apart than a major second.
<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.
<tuplet>A group of notes with "irregular" (sometimes called "irrational") rhythmic values,
for
example, three notes in the time normally occupied by two or nine in the time of five.
<chord>A simultaneous sounding of two or more notes in the same layer *with the same
duration*.
<pad>An indication of extra visual space between notational elements.
<rest>A non-sounding event found in the source being transcribed.
<space>A placeholder used to fill an incomplete measure, layer, etc. most often so that the
combined duration of the events equals the number of beats in the measure.
<tabGrp>A group of simultaneous tab notes, comparable to a <chord> in CMN. Rarely, may also contain rests, as in some "German" lute tablatures.
Common Music Notation (CMN) repertoire component declarations.
<arpeg>Indicates that the notes of a chord are to be performed successively
rather than simultaneously, usually from lowest to highest. Sometimes called a "roll".
<attacca>An instruction to begin the next section or movement of a composition without
pause.
<bTrem>A rapid alternation on a single pitch or chord.
<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely
within
a measure.
<beamSpan>Alternative element for explicitly encoding beams, particularly those which
extend across bar lines.
<beatRpt>An indication that material on a preceding beat should be repeated.
<bend>A variation in pitch (often micro-tonal) upwards or downwards during the course of
a
note.
<bracketSpan>Marks a sequence of notational events grouped by a bracket.
<breath>An indication of a point at which the performer on an instrument requiring
breath (including the voice) may breathe.
<fTrem>A rapid alternation between a pair of notes (or chords or perhaps
between a note and a chord) that are (usually) farther apart than a major second.
<fermata>An indication placed over a note or rest to indicate that it should be held longer
than
its written value. May also occur over a bar line to indicate the end of a phrase
or section.
Sometimes called a 'hold' or 'pause'.
<gliss>A continuous or sliding movement from one pitch to another, usually
indicated by a straight or wavy line.
<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.
<hairpin>Indicates continuous dynamics expressed on the score as wedge-shaped graphics, e.g., <
and >.
<repeatMark>
An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols – segno and coda – typically
above,
below, or between staves, but not on the staff.
<slur>Indication of 1) a "unified melodic idea" or 2) performance technique.
<tie>An indication that two notes of the same pitch form a single note with their combined
rhythmic values.
<tuplet>A group of notes with "irregular" (sometimes called "irrational") rhythmic values,
for
example, three notes in the time normally occupied by two or nine in the time of five.
<tupletSpan>Alternative element for encoding tuplets, especially useful for tuplets
that extend across bar lines.
CMN ornament component declarations.
<mordent>An ornament indicating rapid alternation of the main note with a secondary note, usually
a
step below, but sometimes a step above.
<trill>Rapid alternation of a note with another (usually at the interval of a second
above).
<turn>An ornament consisting of four notes — the upper neighbor of the written note, the
written
note, the lower neighbor, and the written note.
Dramatic text component declarations.
<sp>Contains an individual speech in a performance text.
<stageDir>Contains any kind of stage direction within a dramatic text or
fragment.
Editorial and transcriptional component declarations.
<cpMark>A verbal or graphical indication to copy musical material
written elsewhere.
<metaMark>A graphical or textual statement with additional / explanatory information about the
musical text. The textual consequences of this intervention are encoded independently
via
other means; that is, with elements such as <add>, <del>, etc.
Fingering component declarations.
<fing>An individual finger in a fingering indication.
<fingGrp>A group of individual fingers in a fingering indication.
<dir>An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols, typically above,
below, or between staves, but not on the staff — that is not encoded elsewhere in
more specific
elements, like <tempo>, <dynam> or <repeatMark>.
<dynam>Indication of the volume of a note, phrase, or section of music.
<lg>May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines;
however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal
unit, e.g., a
stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
<ornam>An element indicating an ornament that is not a mordent, turn, or trill.
<pad>An indication of extra visual space between notational elements.
<phrase>Indication of 1) a "unified melodic idea" or 2) performance technique.
<rest>A non-sounding event found in the source being transcribed.
<space>A placeholder used to fill an incomplete measure, layer, etc. most often so that the
combined duration of the events equals the number of beats in the measure.
<tempo>Text and symbols descriptive of tempo, mood, or style, e.g., "allarg.", "a tempo",
"cantabile", "Moderato", "♩=60", "Moderato ♩ =60").