<turn>

An ornament consisting of four notes — the upper neighbor of the written note, the written note, the lower neighbor, and the written note.
1.1.2 About version 5.1, 2.4.4 Turns
Attributes
@accidlower, @accidlower.ges, @accidupper, @accidupper.ges, @color, @delayed, @enclose, @fontfam, @fontname, @fontsize, @fontstyle, @fontweight, @form, @glyph.auth, @glyph.name, @glyph.num, @glyph.uri, @ho, @label, @layer, @letterspacing, @lineheight, @place, @plist, @staff, @startid, @tstamp, @type, @vo, @xml:id
@accidlower(optional)Records the written accidental associated with a lower neighboring note.
<turn>att.turn.logatt.ornamentAccid@accidlower
@accidlower.ges(optional)Records the sounding accidental associated with a lower neighboring note.
<turn>att.turn.logatt.ornamentAccidatt.ornamentAccid.ges@accidlower.ges
@accidupper(optional)Records the written accidental associated with an upper neighboring note.
<turn>att.turn.logatt.ornamentAccid@accidupper
@accidupper.ges(optional)Records the sounding accidental associated with an upper neighboring note.
<turn>att.turn.logatt.ornamentAccidatt.ornamentAccid.ges@accidupper.ges
@color(optional)Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical term 'color' as used in pre-CMN notation.
<turn>att.turn.visatt.color@color
@delayed(optional)When set to 'true', the turn begins on the second half of the beat.
<turn>att.turn.log@delayed
@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.
<turn>att.turn.visatt.enclosingChars@enclose
@fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family.
<turn>att.turn.visatt.typography@fontfam
@fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font.
<turn>att.turn.visatt.typography@fontname
@fontsize(optional)Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd of an inch, relative terms, e.g., small, larger, etc., or percentage values relative to normal size, e.g., 125%.
<turn>att.turn.visatt.typography@fontsize
@fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal.
<turn>att.turn.visatt.typography@fontstyle
@fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type.
<turn>att.turn.visatt.typography@fontweight
@form(optional)Records meaning; i.e., intended performance, of the turn. The @altsym, @glyph.name, or @glyph.num attributes may be used to specify the appropriate symbol. Allowed values are: "lower" (Begins on the note below the written note.), "upper" (Begins on the note above the written note.)
<turn>att.turn.log@form
@glyph.auth(optional)A name or label associated with the controlled vocabulary from which the value of @glyph.name or @glyph.num is taken, or the textual content of the element. Suggested values are: "smufl" (Standard Music Font Layout.)
<turn>att.turn.visatt.extSymatt.extSym.auth@glyph.auth
@glyph.name(optional)Glyph name.
<turn>att.turn.visatt.extSymatt.extSym.names@glyph.name
@glyph.num(optional)Numeric glyph reference in hexadecimal notation, e.g., "#xE000" or "U+E000". N.B. SMuFL version 1.18 uses the range U+E000 - U+ECBF.
<turn>att.turn.visatt.extSymatt.extSym.names@glyph.num
@glyph.uri(optional)The web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary from which the value of @glyph.name or @glyph.num is taken, or the textual content of the element.
<turn>att.turn.visatt.extSymatt.extSym.auth@glyph.uri
@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.
<turn>att.turn.visatt.visualOffsetatt.visualOffset.ho@ho
@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.
<turn>att.commonatt.labelled@label
@layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies.
<turn>att.turn.logatt.controlEventatt.layerIdent@layer
@letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing property.
<turn>att.turn.visatt.typography@letterspacing
@lineheight(optional)Indicates line height in analogy to the CSS line-height property.
<turn>att.turn.visatt.typography@lineheight
@place(optional)Captures the placement of the item with respect to the staff with which it is associated.
<turn>att.turn.visatt.placementRelStaff@place
@plist(optional)When the target attribute is present, plist identifies the active participants; that is, those entities pointed "from", in a relationship with the specified target(s). When the target attribute is not present, it identifies participants in a mutual relationship.
<turn>att.turn.logatt.controlEventatt.plist@plist
@staff(optional)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event applies. Mandatory when applicable.
<turn>att.turn.logatt.controlEventatt.staffIdent@staff
@startid(optional)Holds a reference to the first element in a sequence of events to which the feature applies.
<turn>att.turn.logatt.startId@startid
@tstamp(optional)Encodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part], as expressed in the written time signature.
<turn>att.turn.logatt.controlEventatt.timestamp.log@tstamp
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
<turn>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.
<turn>att.turn.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.
<turn>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.cmnOrnaments) Logical domain attributes.
@delayed(optional)When set to 'true', the turn begins on the second half of the beat.
@form(optional)Records meaning; i.e., intended performance, of the turn. The @altsym, @glyph.name, or @glyph.num attributes may be used to specify the appropriate symbol. Allowed values are: "lower" (Begins on the note below the written note.), "upper" (Begins on the note above the written note.)
(MEI.shared) Attributes shared by events which rely on other events for their existence. For example, a slur/phrase marking must be drawn between or over a group of notes. The slur is therefore a control event.
(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 listing the active participants in a user-defined collection.
@plist(optional)When the target attribute is present, plist identifies the active participants; that is, those entities pointed "from", in a relationship with the specified target(s). When the target attribute is not present, it identifies participants in a mutual relationship.
(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.shared) Attributes that record a time stamp in terms of musical time, , beats[.fractional beat part].
@tstamp(optional)Encodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part], as expressed in the written time signature.
(MEI.cmnOrnaments) Accidentals associated with ornaments.
@accidupper(optional)Records the written accidental associated with an upper neighboring note.
@accidlower(optional)Records the written accidental associated with a lower neighboring note.
(MEI.gestural) Gestural accidentals associated with ornaments.
@accidupper.ges(optional)Records the sounding accidental associated with an upper neighboring note.
@accidlower.ges(optional)Records the sounding accidental associated with a lower neighboring note.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that identify a relative starting point.
@startid(optional)Holds a reference to the first element in a sequence of events to which the feature applies.
(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.externalsymbols) Attributes used to associate MEI features with corresponding glyphs in an externally-defined standard such as SMuFL.
(MEI.externalsymbols) Attributes that point to an external symbol authority.
@glyph.auth(optional)A name or label associated with the controlled vocabulary from which the value of @glyph.name or @glyph.num is taken, or the textual content of the element. Suggested values are: "smufl" (Standard Music Font Layout.)
@glyph.uri(optional)The web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary from which the value of @glyph.name or @glyph.num is taken, or the textual content of the element.
(MEI.externalsymbols) Attributes that specify names or values taken from an external symbol authority.
@glyph.name(optional)Glyph name.
@glyph.num(optional)Numeric glyph reference in hexadecimal notation, e.g., "#xE000" or "U+E000". N.B. SMuFL version 1.18 uses the range U+E000 - U+ECBF.
(MEI.shared) Attributes capturing placement information with respect to the staff.
@place(optional)Captures the placement of the item with respect to the staff with which it is associated.
(MEI.shared) Typographical attributes.
@fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family.
@fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font.
@fontsize(optional)Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd of an inch, relative terms, e.g., small, larger, etc., or percentage values relative to normal size, e.g., 125%.
@fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal.
@fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type.
@letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing property.
@lineheight(optional)Indicates line height in analogy to the CSS line-height property.
(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.
@accidlower(optional)Records the written accidental associated with a lower neighboring note.
@accidupper(optional)Records the written accidental associated with an upper neighboring note.
@delayed(optional)When set to 'true', the turn begins on the second half of the beat.
@form(optional)Records meaning; i.e., intended performance, of the turn. The @altsym, @glyph.name, or @glyph.num attributes may be used to specify the appropriate symbol. Allowed values are: "lower" (Begins on the note below the written note.), "upper" (Begins on the note above the written note.)
@glyph.auth(optional)A name or label associated with the controlled vocabulary from which the value of @glyph.name or @glyph.num is taken, or the textual content of the element. Suggested values are: "smufl" (Standard Music Font Layout.)
@glyph.name(optional)Glyph name.
@glyph.num(optional)Numeric glyph reference in hexadecimal notation, e.g., "#xE000" or "U+E000". N.B. SMuFL version 1.18 uses the range U+E000 - U+ECBF.
@glyph.uri(optional)The web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary from which the value of @glyph.name or @glyph.num is taken, or the textual content of the element.
@accidlower.ges(optional)Records the sounding accidental associated with a lower neighboring note.
@accidupper.ges(optional)Records the sounding accidental associated with an upper neighboring note.
@color(optional)Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical term 'color' as used in pre-CMN notation.
@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.
@fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family.
@fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font.
@fontsize(optional)Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd of an inch, relative terms, e.g., small, larger, etc., or percentage values relative to normal size, e.g., 125%.
@fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal.
@fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type.
@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.
@letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing property.
@lineheight(optional)Indicates line height in analogy to the CSS line-height property.
@place(optional)Captures the placement of the item with respect to the staff with which it is associated.
@plist(optional)When the target attribute is present, plist identifies the active participants; that is, those entities pointed "from", in a relationship with the specified target(s). When the target attribute is not present, it identifies participants in a mutual relationship.
@staff(optional)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event applies. Mandatory when applicable.
@startid(optional)Holds a reference to the first element in a sequence of events to which the feature applies.
@tstamp(optional)Encodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part], as expressed in the written time signature.
@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.ornamentLike.cmnGroups CMN ornament elements.
Contained By
(MEI.cmnOrnaments) Groups CMN ornament elements.
(MEI.cmn) Groups control events that appear in CMN.
(MEI.cmn) Groups elements that may appear within a CMN measure.
May Contain
– (<turn> may not have child elements)
Remarks

See Read, p. 246-247. Whether the turn is accented or unaccented may be inferred from the timestamp — accented turns occur directly on the affected beat, unaccented ones do not.

Constraints

Must have one of the attributes: startid, tstamp, tstamp.ges or tstamp.real.

Declaration
<elementSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="turn" module="MEI.cmnOrnaments">
<desc xml:lang="en">An ornament consisting of four notes — the upper neighbor of the written note, the written note, the lower neighbor, and the written note.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.turn.log"/>
<memberOf key="att.turn.vis"/>
<memberOf key="model.ornamentLike.cmn"/>
</classes>
<content>
<empty/>
</content>
<constraintSpec ident="turn_start-type_attributes_required" scheme="schematron">
<constraint>
<sch:rule context="mei:turn">
<sch:assert test="@startid or @tstamp or @tstamp.ges or @tstamp.real">Must have one of the attributes: startid, tstamp, tstamp.ges or tstamp.real.</sch:assert>
</sch:rule>
</constraint>
</constraintSpec>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>See Read, p. 246-247. Whether the turn is accented or unaccented may be inferred from the timestamp — accented turns occur directly on the affected beat, unaccented ones do not.</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>
MEI Version: 6.0-dev+basic(#c874ef5)