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.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 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>