Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Attributes

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@label, @type, @xml:id

@label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached, a "tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document content. Value is plain text.

@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels. One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, separated by spaces.

@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value. Value is a valid xml:id.

att.common(MEI.shared) Attributes common to many elements.

att.id(MEI.shared) Attributes that uniquely identify an element.

@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value. Value is a valid xml:id.

att.labelled(MEI.shared)

@label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached, a "tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document content. Value is plain text.

att.typed(MEI.shared) Attributes which can be used to classify features.

@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels. One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, separated by spaces.

MEI.shared

@label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached, a "tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document content. Value is plain text.

@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels. One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, separated by spaces.

@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value. Value is a valid xml:id.

Member of

model.lbLikeGroups elements that function like line beginnings.

Contained By

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model.lbLike(MEI.shared) Groups elements that function like line beginnings.

<mNum>Designation, name, or label for a measure, often but not always consisting of digits. Use this element when the @n attribute on <measure> does not adequately capture the appearance or placement of the measure number/label.

<refrain>Recurring lyrics, especially at the end of each verse or stanza of a poem or song lyrics; a chorus.

<reh>In an orchestral score and its corresponding parts, a mark indicating a convenient point from which to resume rehearsal after a break.

<volta>Sung text for a specific iteration of a repeated section of music.

model.textPhraseLike.bare(MEI.shared) Groups rudimentary textual elements that occur at the level of individual words or phrases.

model.textPhraseLike.basic(MEI.shared) Groups basic textual elements that occur at the level of individual words or phrases.

model.textPhraseLike.limited(MEI.shared) Groups textual elements that occur at the level of individual words or phrases. This class is equivalent to the model.textPhraseLike class without the pb element.

<dir>An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols, typically above, below, or between staves, but not on the staff — that is not encoded elsewhere in more specific elements, like <tempo>, <dynam> or <repeatMark>.

<dynam>Indication of the volume of a note, phrase, or section of music.

<f>Single element of a figured bass indication.

<fing>An individual finger in a fingering indication.

<gliss>A continuous or sliding movement from one pitch to another, usually indicated by a straight or wavy line.

<harm>An indication of harmony, e.g., chord names, tablature grids, harmonic analysis, figured bass.

<label>A container for document text that identifies the feature to which it is attached. For a "tool tip" or other generated label, use the @label attribute.

<labelAbbr>A label on the pages following the first.

<octave>An indication that a passage should be performed one or more octaves above or below its written pitch.

<ornam>An element indicating an ornament that is not a mordent, turn, or trill.

<pgFoot>A running footer.

<pgHead>A running header.

<pubPlace>Name of the place where a bibliographic item was published.

<repeatMark> An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols – segno and coda – typically above, below, or between staves, but not on the staff.

<syl>Individual lyric syllable.

<tempo>Text and symbols descriptive of tempo, mood, or style, e.g., "allarg.", "a tempo", "cantabile", "Moderato", "♩=60", "Moderato ♩ =60").

model.textPhraseLike(MEI.shared) Groups textual elements that occur at the level of individual words or phrases.

<date>A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.

<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.

<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.

<rend>A formatting element indicating special visual rendering, e.g., bold or italicized, of a text word or phrase.

macro.titlePart(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear as part of a bibliographic title.

<title>Title of a bibliographic entity.

MEI.cmn

<gliss>A continuous or sliding movement from one pitch to another, usually indicated by a straight or wavy line.

<mNum>Designation, name, or label for a measure, often but not always consisting of digits. Use this element when the @n attribute on <measure> does not adequately capture the appearance or placement of the measure number/label.

<octave>An indication that a passage should be performed one or more octaves above or below its written pitch.

<reh>In an orchestral score and its corresponding parts, a mark indicating a convenient point from which to resume rehearsal after a break.

<repeatMark> An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols – segno and coda – typically above, below, or between staves, but not on the staff.

MEI.fingering

<fing>An individual finger in a fingering indication.

MEI.harmony

<f>Single element of a figured bass indication.

<harm>An indication of harmony, e.g., chord names, tablature grids, harmonic analysis, figured bass.

MEI.lyrics

<refrain>Recurring lyrics, especially at the end of each verse or stanza of a poem or song lyrics; a chorus.

<volta>Sung text for a specific iteration of a repeated section of music.

MEI.namesdates

<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.

MEI.shared

<date>A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.

<dir>An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols, typically above, below, or between staves, but not on the staff — that is not encoded elsewhere in more specific elements, like <tempo>, <dynam> or <repeatMark>.

<dynam>Indication of the volume of a note, phrase, or section of music.

<label>A container for document text that identifies the feature to which it is attached. For a "tool tip" or other generated label, use the @label attribute.

<labelAbbr>A label on the pages following the first.

<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.

<ornam>An element indicating an ornament that is not a mordent, turn, or trill.

<pgFoot>A running footer.

<pgHead>A running header.

<pubPlace>Name of the place where a bibliographic item was published.

<rend>A formatting element indicating special visual rendering, e.g., bold or italicized, of a text word or phrase.

<syl>Individual lyric syllable.

<tempo>Text and symbols descriptive of tempo, mood, or style, e.g., "allarg.", "a tempo", "cantabile", "Moderato", "♩=60", "Moderato ♩ =60").

<title>Title of a bibliographic entity.

May Contain

– (<lb> may not have child elements)

Remarks

The @n attribute should be used to record a number associated with this textual line.

Do not confuse this element with the <sb> element, which performs a similar function for musical notation.

The model of this element is based on the lb element of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI).

Declaration


                                 <elementSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="lb" module="MEI.shared"><gloss xml:lang="en">line beginning</gloss>
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new
                                       line.</desc>
                                    <classes>
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="att.common"/>
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="model.lbLike"/>
                                       </classes>
                                    <content>
                                       
                                       <empty/>
                                       </content>
                                    <remarks xml:lang="en">
                                       
                                       <p>The <att>n</att> attribute should be used to record a number associated with this textual
                                          line.</p>
                                       
                                       <p>Do not confuse this element with the <gi scheme="MEI">sb</gi> element, which
                                          performs a similar function for musical notation.</p>
                                       </remarks>
                                    <remarks xml:lang="en">
                                       
                                       <p>The model of this element is based on the <ref target="https://tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/ref-lb.html">lb</ref> element of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI).</p>
                                       </remarks>
</elementSpec>