This element is provided for repertoires, such as mensural notation, that lack measures. Because the barLine element’s attributes, from which the logical and visual characteristics of the bar line can be discerned, largely duplicate those of measure, the use of barLine is not necessary within measure elements in CMN.
<elementSpec ident="barLine" module="MEI.shared">
<desc xml:lang="en">Vertical line drawn through one or more staves that divides musical notation into
metrical
units.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.pointing"/>
<memberOf key="att.targetEval"/>
<memberOf key="att.barLine.anl"/>
<memberOf key="att.barLine.ges"/>
<memberOf key="att.barLine.log"/>
<memberOf key="att.barLine.vis"/>
<memberOf key="model.eventLike"/>
</classes>
<content>
<empty/>
</content>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>This element is provided for repertoires, such as mensural notation, that lack measures.
Because the <gi scheme="MEI">barLine</gi> element’s attributes, from which the logical and
visual characteristics of the bar line can be discerned, largely duplicate those of
measure,
the use of <gi scheme="MEI">barLine</gi> is not necessary within <gi scheme="MEI">measure</gi> elements in
CMN.</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>