Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

MEI.shared

Attributes

compact
full definition
by class
by module

oct

oct(optional)Captures written octave information. Value conforms to data.OCTAVE.

direct children

oct(optional)Captures written octave information. Value conforms to data.OCTAVE.

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

oct(optional)Captures written octave information. Value conforms to data.OCTAVE.

Available at

compact
by class
by module

ambNote, chordMember, clef, course, custos, keyAccid, note, string

att.octave

att.clef.log

clefIndication of the exact location of a particular note on the staff and, therefore, the other notes as well.

att.pitched

att.chordMember.log

chordMemberAn individual pitch in a chord defined by a chordDef element.

att.ambNote.log

ambNoteHighest or lowest pitch in a score, staff, or layer.

att.custos.log

custosSymbol placed at the end of a line of music to indicate the first note of the next line. Sometimes called a "direct".

att.keyAccid.log

keyAccidAccidental in a key signature.

att.note.log

noteA single pitched event.

att.course.log

courseDescribes the tuning of a course on a stringed instrument (e.g., guitar, lute).

stringUsed to modify tuning information given by the course element. Describes the tuning of an individual string within a course on a stringed instrument (e.g., guitar, lute).

MEI.harmonyHarmony component declarations.

chordMemberAn individual pitch in a chord defined by a chordDef element.

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

ambNoteHighest or lowest pitch in a score, staff, or layer.

clefIndication of the exact location of a particular note on the staff and, therefore, the other notes as well.

custosSymbol placed at the end of a line of music to indicate the first note of the next line. Sometimes called a "direct".

keyAccidAccidental in a key signature.

noteA single pitched event.

MEI.stringtabTablature component declarations.

courseDescribes the tuning of a course on a stringed instrument (e.g., guitar, lute).

stringUsed to modify tuning information given by the course element. Describes the tuning of an individual string within a course on a stringed instrument (e.g., guitar, lute).

Declaration


                                 <classSpec ident="att.octave" module="MEI.shared" type="atts">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Attributes that record written octave.</desc>
                                    
                                    <attList>
                                       
                                       <attDef ident="oct" usage="opt">
                                          
                                          <gloss xml:lang="en">octave</gloss>
                                          
                                          <desc xml:lang="en">Captures written octave information.</desc>
                                          
                                          <datatype>
                                             
                                             <rng:ref name="data.OCTAVE"/>
                                             </datatype>
                                          </attDef>
                                       </attList>
                                    </classSpec>