The most common visual form is a sign resembling a mordent. Other graphical forms may be indicated by the altsym attribute. Together the pname and oct attributes identify the location where the custos appears.
<elementSpec ident="custos" module="MEI.shared">
<desc>Symbol placed at the end of a line of music to indicate the first note of the next
line.
Sometimes called a "direct".</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.source"/>
<memberOf key="att.custos.log"/>
<memberOf key="att.custos.vis"/>
<memberOf key="att.custos.ges"/>
<memberOf key="att.custos.anl"/>
<memberOf key="model.eventLike"/>
</classes>
<remarks>
<p>The most common visual form is a sign resembling a mordent. Other graphical forms
may be
indicated by the <att>altsym</att> attribute. Together the <att>pname</att> and
<att>oct</att> attributes identify the location where the custos appears.</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>