Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module
MEI
Used by
Allowed Values
equalEqual or 12-tone temperament.
justJust intonation.
meanMeantone intonation.
pythagoreanPythagorean tuning.
Declaration

                                 <dataSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="data.TEMPERAMENT" module="MEI">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Temperament or tuning system.</desc>
                                    
                                    <content>
                                       
                                       <valList type="closed">
                                          
                                          <valItem ident="equal">
                                             
                                             <desc xml:lang="en">Equal or 12-tone temperament.</desc>
                                             </valItem>
                                          
                                          <valItem ident="just">
                                             
                                             <desc xml:lang="en">Just intonation.</desc>
                                             </valItem>
                                          
                                          <valItem ident="mean">
                                             
                                             <desc xml:lang="en">Meantone intonation.</desc>
                                             </valItem>
                                          
                                          <valItem ident="pythagorean">
                                             
                                             <desc xml:lang="en">Pythagorean tuning.</desc>
                                             </valItem>
                                          </valList>
                                       </content>
                                    </dataSpec>