Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

MEI

Used by

Attribute ClassesThese class-based attributes use data.INTERVAL.HARMONIC

att.intervalHarmonic/@inthEncodes the harmonic interval between pitches occurring at the same time.

Remarks

Interval qualities:

A = augmented,
d = diminished,
M = major,
m = minor,
P = perfect

Declaration


                                 <macroSpec ident="data.INTERVAL.HARMONIC" module="MEI" type="dt">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">A token indicating diatonic interval quality and size in shorthand notation.</desc>
                                    
                                    <content>
                                       
                                       <rng:choice>
                                          
                                          <rng:data type="token">
                                             
                                             <rng:param name="pattern">[AdMmP][1-9][0-9]*</rng:param>
                                             </rng:data>
                                          </rng:choice>
                                       </content>
                                    
                                    <remarks xml:lang="en">
                                       
                                       <p>
                                          
                                          <list>
                                             
                                             <head>Interval qualities:</head>
                                             
                                             <item>A = augmented,</item>
                                             
                                             <item>d = diminished,</item>
                                             
                                             <item>M = major,</item>
                                             
                                             <item>m = minor,</item>
                                             
                                             <item>P = perfect</item>
                                             </list>
                                          </p>
                                       </remarks>
                                    </macroSpec>