Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

MEI.neumes

Attributes

compact
full definition
by class
by module

Member of

model.layerPart.neumesGroups notated events that may appear at the layer level in the neume repertoire.

model.syllablePartGroups elements that may appear as part of the content of a syllable.

Members

compact
by module

MEI.neumes

<divLine>Represents a division (divisio) in neume notation. Divisions indicate short, medium, or long pauses similar to breath marks in modern notation.

<neume>Sign representing one or more musical pitches.

Contained By

compact
by class
by module

model.eventLike.neumes(MEI.neumes) Groups event elements that occur in the neume repertoire.

<ligature>A mensural notation symbol that combines two or more notes into a single sign.

model.layerPart.neumes(MEI.neumes) Groups notated events that may appear at the layer level in the neume repertoire.

model.layerPart.mensuralAndNeumes(MEI.shared) Groups notated events at the layer level that are shared by the mensural and neume repertoires.

model.layerPart(MEI.shared) Groups notated events that may appear at the layer level in all repertoires.

<abbr>A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.

<add>Marks an addition to the text.

<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.

<damage>Contains an area of damage to the physical medium.

<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.

<expan>Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.

<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.

<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.

<oLayer>A layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.

<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.

<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.

<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.

<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.

<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.

<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.

<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.

model.syllablePart(MEI.neumes) Groups elements that may appear as part of the content of a syllable.

<syllable>Neume notation can be thought of as "neumed text". Therefore, the syllable element provides high-level organization in this repertoire.

MEI.cmn

<oLayer>A layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.

MEI.critapp

<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.

<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.

MEI.edittrans

<abbr>A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.

<add>Marks an addition to the text.

<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.

<damage>Contains an area of damage to the physical medium.

<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.

<expan>Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.

<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.

<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.

<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.

<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.

<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.

<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.

MEI.mensural

<ligature>A mensural notation symbol that combines two or more notes into a single sign.

MEI.neumes

<syllable>Neume notation can be thought of as "neumed text". Therefore, the syllable element provides high-level organization in this repertoire.

MEI.shared

<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.

Declaration


                                 <classSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="model.eventLike.neumes" module="MEI.neumes" type="model">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Groups event elements that occur in the neume repertoire.</desc>
                                    
                                    <classes>
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="model.layerPart.neumes"/>
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="model.syllablePart"/>
                                       </classes>
                                    </classSpec>