<rest>

A non-sounding event found in the source being transcribed.
1.1.3.3 Model changes in MEI, 1.3.2 Events and Controlevents, 2.2.5.3 Rests, 2.3.2 Beams, 2.3.5 Tuplets, 2.3.6.4 Fermata
Module
MEI.shared
Attributes
@breaksec, @color, @cue, @dots, @dur, @enclose, @ho, @instr, @label, @layer, @oloc, @ploc, @staff, @type, @vo, @xml:id
@breaksec(optional)Presence of this attribute indicates that the secondary beam should be broken following this note/chord. The value of the attribute records the number of beams which should remain unbroken.
<rest>att.rest.visatt.rest.vis.cmnatt.beamSecondary@breaksec
@color(optional)Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical term 'color' as used in pre-CMN notation.
<rest>att.rest.visatt.color@color
@cue(optional)
<rest>att.rest.logatt.cue@cue
@dots(optional)Records the number of augmentation dots required by a written dotted duration.
<rest>att.rest.logatt.augmentDots@dots
@dur(optional)Records the duration of a feature using the relative durational values provided by the data.DURATION datatype.
<rest>att.rest.logatt.duration.log@dur
@enclose(optional)Records the characters often used to mark accidentals, articulations, and sometimes notes as having a cautionary or editorial function. For an example of cautionary accidentals enclosed in parentheses, see Read, p. 131, ex. 9-14.
<rest>att.rest.visatt.enclosingChars@enclose
@ho(optional)Records a horizontal adjustment to a feature’s programmatically-determined location in terms of staff interline distance; that is, in units of 1/2 the distance between adjacent staff lines.
<rest>att.rest.visatt.visualOffsetatt.visualOffset.ho@ho
@instr(optional)Provides a way of pointing to a MIDI instrument definition. It must contain the ID of an <instrDef> element elsewhere in the document.
<rest>att.rest.gesatt.instrumentIdent@instr
@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.
<rest>att.commonatt.labelled@label
@layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies.
<rest>att.rest.logatt.eventatt.layerIdent@layer
@oloc(optional)Records staff location in terms of written octave.
<rest>att.rest.visatt.staffLoc.pitched@oloc
@ploc(optional)Captures staff location in terms of written pitch name.
<rest>att.rest.visatt.staffLoc.pitched@ploc
@staff(optional)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event applies. Mandatory when applicable.
<rest>att.rest.logatt.eventatt.staffIdent@staff
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
<rest>att.commonatt.typed@type
@vo(optional)Records the vertical adjustment of a feature’s programmatically-determined location in terms of staff interline distance; that is, in units of 1/2 the distance between adjacent staff lines.
<rest>att.rest.visatt.visualOffsetatt.visualOffset.vo@vo
@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.
<rest>att.commonatt.id@xml:id
(MEI.shared) Attributes common to many elements.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(MEI.gestural) Gestural domain attributes.
(MEI.midi) Attributes which identify a MIDI instrument.
@instr(optional)Provides a way of pointing to a MIDI instrument definition. It must contain the ID of an <instrDef> element elsewhere in the document.
(MEI.shared) Logical domain attributes.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that record the number of dots of augmentation.
@dots(optional)Records the number of augmentation dots required by a written dotted duration.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that describe "cue-ness".
@cue(optional)
(MEI.shared) Attributes that express duration in musical terms.
@dur(optional)Records the duration of a feature using the relative durational values provided by the data.DURATION datatype.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that apply to all written events, e.g., note, chord, rest, etc.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that identify the layer to which a feature applies.
@layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies.
(MEI.shared) Attributes for identifying the staff or staff group associated with the current feature.
@staff(optional)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event applies. Mandatory when applicable.
(MEI.visual) Visual domain attributes.
(MEI.shared) Visual color attributes.
@color(optional)Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical term 'color' as used in pre-CMN notation.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that capture characters used to enclose symbols having a cautionary or editorial function.
@enclose(optional)Records the characters often used to mark accidentals, articulations, and sometimes notes as having a cautionary or editorial function. For an example of cautionary accidentals enclosed in parentheses, see Read, p. 131, ex. 9-14.
(MEI.cmn) Visual domain attributes.
(MEI.cmn) Attributes that capture information about secondary beaming.
@breaksec(optional)Presence of this attribute indicates that the secondary beam should be broken following this note/chord. The value of the attribute records the number of beams which should remain unbroken.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that identify location on a staff in terms of pitch and octave.
@ploc(optional)Captures staff location in terms of written pitch name.
@oloc(optional)Records staff location in terms of written octave.
(MEI.shared) Visual offset attributes. Some items may have their location recorded in terms of offsets from their programmatically-determined location. The ho attribute records the horizontal offset while vo records the vertical. The to attribute holds a timestamp offset, the most common use of which is as an alternative to the ho attribute.
(MEI.shared) Horizontal offset attributes.
@ho(optional)Records a horizontal adjustment to a feature’s programmatically-determined location in terms of staff interline distance; that is, in units of 1/2 the distance between adjacent staff lines.
(MEI.shared) Vertical offset attributes.
@vo(optional)Records the vertical adjustment of a feature’s programmatically-determined location in terms of staff interline distance; that is, in units of 1/2 the distance between adjacent staff lines.
@breaksec(optional)Presence of this attribute indicates that the secondary beam should be broken following this note/chord. The value of the attribute records the number of beams which should remain unbroken.
@instr(optional)Provides a way of pointing to a MIDI instrument definition. It must contain the ID of an <instrDef> element elsewhere in the document.
@color(optional)Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical term 'color' as used in pre-CMN notation.
@cue(optional)
@dots(optional)Records the number of augmentation dots required by a written dotted duration.
@dur(optional)Records the duration of a feature using the relative durational values provided by the data.DURATION datatype.
@enclose(optional)Records the characters often used to mark accidentals, articulations, and sometimes notes as having a cautionary or editorial function. For an example of cautionary accidentals enclosed in parentheses, see Read, p. 131, ex. 9-14.
@ho(optional)Records a horizontal adjustment to a feature’s programmatically-determined location in terms of staff interline distance; that is, in units of 1/2 the distance between adjacent staff lines.
@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.
@layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies.
@oloc(optional)Records staff location in terms of written octave.
@ploc(optional)Captures staff location in terms of written pitch name.
@staff(optional)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event applies. Mandatory when applicable.
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
@vo(optional)Records the vertical adjustment of a feature’s programmatically-determined location in terms of staff interline distance; that is, in units of 1/2 the distance between adjacent staff lines.
@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.
Member of
model.eventLikeGroups event elements that occur in all notational repertoires.
Contained By
<tabGrp>A group of simultaneous tab notes, comparable to a <chord> in CMN. Rarely, may also contain rests, as in some "German" lute tablatures.
(MEI.shared) Groups event elements that occur in all notational repertoires.
<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.
<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.
<tuplet>A group of notes with "irregular" (sometimes called "irrational") rhythmic values, for example, three notes in the time normally occupied by two or nine in the time of five.
(MEI.shared) Groups notated events that may appear at the layer level in all repertoires.
<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.
<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.
<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.
<tuplet>A group of notes with "irregular" (sometimes called "irrational") rhythmic values, for example, three notes in the time normally occupied by two or nine in the time of five.
<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.
<tabGrp>A group of simultaneous tab notes, comparable to a <chord> in CMN. Rarely, may also contain rests, as in some "German" lute tablatures.
May Contain
– (<rest> may not have child elements)
Remarks

See (Read, p. 96-102). Do not confuse this element with the <space> element, which is used as an aid for visual alignment.

Declaration
<elementSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="rest" module="MEI.shared">
<desc xml:lang="en">A non-sounding event found in the source being transcribed.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.rest.ges"/>
<memberOf key="att.rest.log"/>
<memberOf key="att.rest.vis"/>
<memberOf key="model.eventLike"/>
</classes>
<content>
<alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<elementRef key="dot"/>
<classRef key="model.appLike"/>
<classRef key="model.editLike"/>
<classRef key="model.transcriptionLike"/>
</alternate>
</content>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>See (Read, p. 96-102). Do not confuse this element with the <gi scheme="MEI">space</gi> element, which is used as an aid for visual alignment.</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>
MEI Version: 6.0-dev+basic(#c874ef5)