Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

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.headerMetadata header component declarations.

keyKey captures information about tonal center and mode.

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

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

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.

keySigWritten 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.pitch" module="MEI.shared" type="atts">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Attributes that record written pitch name.</desc>
                                    
                                    <attList>
                                       
                                       <attDef ident="pname" usage="opt">
                                          
                                          <gloss xml:lang="en">pitch name</gloss>
                                          
                                          <desc xml:lang="en">Contains a written pitch name.</desc>
                                          
                                          <datatype>
                                             
                                             <rng:ref name="data.PITCHNAME"/>
                                             </datatype>
                                          </attDef>
                                       </attList>
                                    </classSpec>