Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Used by

Attribute ClassesThese class-based attributes use data.GRACE

att.graced/@graceMarks a note or chord as a "grace" (without a definite performed duration) and records from which other note/chord it should "steal" time.

Allowed Values

accTime "stolen" from following note.

unaccTime "stolen" from previous note.

unknownNo interpretation regarding performed value of grace note.

Declaration


                                 <macroSpec ident="data.GRACE" module="MEI" type="dt">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Do grace notes get time from the current (acc) or previous (unacc) one?</desc>
                                    
                                    <content>
                                       
                                       <valList type="closed">
                                          
                                          <valItem ident="acc">
                                             
                                             <desc xml:lang="en">Time "stolen" from following note.</desc>
                                             </valItem>
                                          
                                          <valItem ident="unacc">
                                             
                                             <desc xml:lang="en">Time "stolen" from previous note.</desc>
                                             </valItem>
                                          
                                          <valItem ident="unknown">
                                             
                                             <desc xml:lang="en">No interpretation regarding performed value of grace note.</desc>
                                             </valItem>
                                          </valList>
                                       </content>
                                    </macroSpec>