Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Used by

Attribute ClassesThese class-based attributes use data.BEAT

att.timestamp.ges/@tstamp.gesEncodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part], as expressed in the written time signature.

att.timestamp.log/@tstampEncodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part], as expressed in the written time signature.

Remarks

The value must fall between 0 and the numerator of the time signature + 1, where 0 represents the left bar line and the upper boundary represents the right bar line. For example, in 12/8 the value must be in the range from 0 to 13.

Declaration


                                 <macroSpec ident="data.BEAT" module="MEI" type="dt">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">A beat location, 
                                       <abbr>i.e.</abbr>
, a decimal number.</desc>
                                    
                                    <content>
                                       
                                       <rng:data type="decimal">
                                          
                                          <rng:param name="minInclusive">0</rng:param>
                                          </rng:data>
                                       </content>
                                    
                                    <remarks xml:lang="en">
                                       
                                       <p>The value must fall between 0 and the numerator of the time signature + 1,
                                          where 0 represents the left bar line and the upper boundary represents the right bar
                                          line.
                                          For example, in 12/8 the value must be in the range from 0 to 13.
                                          </p>
                                       </remarks>
                                    </macroSpec>