Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module
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Declaration

                                 <dataSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="data.STAFFLOC" module="MEI">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Staff location expressed as an integer number of MEI virtual units (vu). One virtual
                                       unit is half the distance between adjacent staff lines, measured from their centers.
                                       The value
                                       
                                       <val>0</val> indicates the bottom line of the current staff; positive values are used for
                                       positions above the bottom line and negative values for positions below it. For example,
                                       in
                                       treble clef, 0 = E4, 1 = F4, 2 = G4, 3 = A4, etc. and -1 = D4, -2 = C4, and so on.</desc>
                                    
                                    <content>
                                       
                                       <dataRef name="integer"/>
                                       </content>
                                    </dataSpec>