Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Attributes

compact
full definition
by class
by module

@bar.thru, @symbol

@bar.thru(optional)Indicates whether bar lines go across the space between staves (true) or are only drawn across the lines of each staff (false). Value conforms to data.BOOLEAN.

@symbol(optional)Specifies the symbol used to group a set of staves. Allowed values are: "brace" (Curved symbol, , {.), "bracket" (Square symbol, , [, but with curved/angled top and bottom segments.), "bracketsq" (Square symbol, , [, with horizontal top and bottom segments.), "line" (Line symbol, , |, (wide) line without top and bottom curved/horizontal segments.), "none" (Grouping symbol missing.)

direct children

@bar.thru(optional)Indicates whether bar lines go across the space between staves (true) or are only drawn across the lines of each staff (false). Value conforms to data.BOOLEAN.

att.staffGroupingSym(MEI.shared) Attributes that describe the symbol used to group a set of staves.

@symbol(optional)Specifies the symbol used to group a set of staves. Allowed values are: "brace" (Curved symbol, , {.), "bracket" (Square symbol, , [, but with curved/angled top and bottom segments.), "bracketsq" (Square symbol, , [, with horizontal top and bottom segments.), "line" (Line symbol, , |, (wide) line without top and bottom curved/horizontal segments.), "none" (Grouping symbol missing.)

MEI.shared

@symbol(optional)Specifies the symbol used to group a set of staves. Allowed values are: "brace" (Curved symbol, , {.), "bracket" (Square symbol, , [, but with curved/angled top and bottom segments.), "bracketsq" (Square symbol, , [, with horizontal top and bottom segments.), "line" (Line symbol, , |, (wide) line without top and bottom curved/horizontal segments.), "none" (Grouping symbol missing.)

MEI.visual

@bar.thru(optional)Indicates whether bar lines go across the space between staves (true) or are only drawn across the lines of each staff (false). Value conforms to data.BOOLEAN.

Available at

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by class
by module

att.staffGrp.vis

<staffGrp>(staff group) – A group of bracketed or braced staves.

MEI.shared

<staffGrp>(staff group) – A group of bracketed or braced staves.

Declaration


                                 <classSpec rend="add" ident="att.staffGrp.vis" module="MEI.visual" type="atts">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Visual domain attributes.</desc>
                                    
                                    <classes>
                                       
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="att.staffGroupingSym"/>
                                       
                                       </classes>
                                    
                                    <attList>
                                       
                                       <attDef ident="bar.thru" usage="opt">
                                          
                                          <gloss xml:lang="en">bar lines through</gloss>
                                          
                                          <desc xml:lang="en">Indicates whether bar lines go across the space between staves (true) or are only
                                             drawn across the lines of each staff (false).</desc>
                                          
                                          <datatype>
                                             
                                             <ref name="data.BOOLEAN"/>
                                             </datatype>
                                          
                                          <remarks xml:lang="en">
                                             
                                             <p>This attribute is ignored when the <att>bar.method</att> attribute’s value is 
                                                <val>mensur</val> 
                                                or 
                                                <val>takt</val>
.</p>
                                             </remarks>
                                          </attDef>
                                       </attList>
                                    </classSpec>