<chord>

A simultaneous sounding of two or more notes in the same layer *with the same duration*.
1.3.2 Events and Controlevents, 2.2.3 Basic Music Events, 8.1.1.3 Harmonic Intervals, 8.2.1 Indications of Harmony
Module
MEI.shared
Attributes
@altsym, @artic, @artic.ges, @class, @cluster, @color, @copyof, @corresp, @cue, @dots.ges, @dur, @dur.ges, @dur.metrical, @dur.ppq, @dur.real, @dur.recip, @enclose, @facs, @follows, @fontfam, @fontname, @fontsize, @fontstyle, @fontweight, @glyph.auth, @glyph.name, @glyph.num, @glyph.uri, @ho, @instr, @label, @layer, @letterspacing, @lineheight, @n, @next, @precedes, @prev, @resp, @sameas, @staff, @stem.dir, @stem.form, @stem.len, @stem.mod, @stem.pos, @stem.sameas, @stem.visible, @stem.x, @stem.y, @syl, @synch, @to, @tstamp, @tstamp.ges, @tstamp.real, @type, @visible, @when, @x, @xml:base, @xml:id, @y
@altsym(optional)Provides a way of pointing to a user-defined symbol. It must contain a reference to an ID of a <symbolDef> element elsewhere in the document. Value conforms to data.URI.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.altSym@altsym
@artic(optional)Encodes the written articulation(s). Articulations are normally encoded in order from the note head outward; that is, away from the stem. See additional notes at att.vis.note. Only articulations should be encoded in the artic attribute; for example, fingerings should be encoded using the <fing> element. One or more values from data.ARTICULATION, separated by spaces.
<chord>att.chord.logatt.articulation@artic
@artic.ges(optional)Records performed articulation that differs from the written value. One or more values from data.ARTICULATION, separated by spaces.
<chord>att.chord.gesatt.articulation.ges@artic.ges
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<chord>att.commonatt.typedatt.classed@class
@cluster(optional)Indicates a single, alternative note head should be displayed instead of individual note heads. The highest and lowest notes of the chord usually indicate the upper and lower boundaries of the cluster note head. Value conforms to data.CLUSTER.
<chord>att.chord.vis@cluster
@color(optional)Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical term 'color' as used in pre-CMN notation. Value conforms to data.COLOR.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.color@color
@copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy. Value conforms to data.URI.
<chord>att.commonatt.linking@copyof
@corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<chord>att.commonatt.linking@corresp
@cue(optional) Value conforms to data.BOOLEAN.
<chord>att.chord.logatt.cue@cue
@dots.ges(optional)Number of dots required for a gestural duration when different from that of the written duration. Value conforms to data.AUGMENTDOT.
<chord>att.chord.gesatt.duration.ges@dots.ges
@dur(optional)Records the duration of a feature using the relative durational values provided by the data.DURATION datatype. Value conforms to data.DURATION.
<chord>att.chord.logatt.duration.log@dur
@dur.ges(optional)Records performed duration information that differs from the written duration; @dur.ges allows the same datatypes as @dur. Values of @dur.ges that require dots should also use @dots.ges. Value conforms to data.DURATION.GESTURAL.
<chord>att.chord.gesatt.duration.ges@dur.ges
@dur.metrical(optional)Duration as a count of units provided in the time signature denominator. Value is a decimal number.
<chord>att.chord.gesatt.duration.ges@dur.metrical
@dur.ppq(optional)Duration recorded as pulses-per-quarter note, e.g., MIDI clicks or MusicXML divisions. Value is a positive integer, including 0.
<chord>att.chord.gesatt.duration.ges@dur.ppq
@dur.real(optional)Duration in seconds, e.g., 1.732. Value is a decimal number.
<chord>att.chord.gesatt.duration.ges@dur.real
@dur.recip(optional)Duration as an optionally dotted Humdrum **recip value. Value is a token.
<chord>att.chord.gesatt.duration.ges@dur.recip
@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. Value conforms to data.ENCLOSURE.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.enclosingChars@enclose
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<chord>att.facsimile@facs
@follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<chord>att.commonatt.linking@follows
@fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family. Value conforms to data.FONTFAMILY.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.typography@fontfam
@fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font. Value conforms to data.FONTNAME.
<chord>att.chord.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%. Value conforms to data.FONTSIZE.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.typography@fontsize
@fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal. Value conforms to data.FONTSTYLE.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.typography@fontstyle
@fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type. Value conforms to data.FONTWEIGHT.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.typography@fontweight
@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.)
<chord>att.chord.visatt.extSymatt.extSym.auth@glyph.auth
@glyph.name(optional)Glyph name. Value is plain text.
<chord>att.chord.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. Value conforms to data.HEXNUM.
<chord>att.chord.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. Value conforms to data.URI.
<chord>att.chord.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. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTSIGNED.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.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. Value conforms to data.URI.
<chord>att.chord.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. Value is plain text.
<chord>att.commonatt.labelled@label
@layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies. One or more values of datatype positiveInteger, separated by spaces.
<chord>att.chord.logatt.eventatt.layerIdent@layer
@letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing property. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTTYPOGRAPHYSIGNED.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.typography@letterspacing
@lineheight(optional)Indicates line height in analogy to the CSS line-height property. Value conforms to either data.MEASUREMENTTYPOGRAPHYUNSIGNED or data.PERCENT.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.typography@lineheight
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence of similar elements. May not contain space characters. Value conforms to data.WORD.
<chord>att.commonatt.nNumberLike@n
@next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<chord>att.commonatt.linking@next
@precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<chord>att.commonatt.linking@precedes
@prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<chord>att.commonatt.linking@prev
@resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text’s transcription, editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in the document header. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<chord>att.commonatt.responsibility@resp
@sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<chord>att.commonatt.linking@sameas
@staff(optional)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event applies. Mandatory when applicable. One or more values of datatype positiveInteger, separated by spaces.
<chord>att.chord.logatt.eventatt.staffIdent@staff
@stem.dir(optional)Describes the direction of a stem. Value conforms to data.STEMDIRECTION.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.stems@stem.dir
@stem.form(optional)Records the form of the stem. Value conforms to data.STEMFORM.mensural.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.stemsatt.stems.mensural@stem.form
@stem.len(optional)Encodes the stem length. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTUNSIGNED.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.stems@stem.len
@stem.mod(optional)Encodes any stem "modifiers"; that is, symbols rendered on the stem, such as tremolo or Sprechstimme indicators. Value conforms to data.STEMMODIFIER.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.stems@stem.mod
@stem.pos(optional)Records the position of the stem in relation to the note head(s). Value conforms to data.STEMPOSITION.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.stems@stem.pos
@stem.sameas(optional)Points to a note element in a different layer whose stem is shared. The linked notes should be rendered like a chord though they are part of different layers. Value conforms to data.URI.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.stems@stem.sameas
@stem.visible(optional)Determines whether a stem should be displayed. Value conforms to data.BOOLEAN.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.stems@stem.visible
@stem.x(optional)Records the output x coordinate of the stem’s attachment point. Value is a decimal number.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.stems@stem.x
@stem.y(optional)Records the output y coordinate of the stem’s attachment point. Value is a decimal number.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.stems@stem.y
@syl(optional)Holds an associated sung text syllable. Value is plain text.
<chord>att.chord.logatt.sylText@syl
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<chord>att.commonatt.linking@synch
@to(optional)Records a timestamp adjustment of a feature’s programmatically-determined location in terms of musical time; that is, beats. Value conforms to data.TSTAMPOFFSET.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.visualOffset.to@to
@tstamp(optional)Encodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part], as expressed in the written time signature. Value conforms to data.BEAT.
<chord>att.chord.logatt.eventatt.timestamp.log@tstamp
@tstamp.ges(optional)Encodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part], as expressed in the written time signature. Value conforms to data.BEAT.
<chord>att.chord.logatt.eventatt.timestamp.ges@tstamp.ges
@tstamp.real(optional)Records the onset time in terms of ISO time. Value conforms to data.ISOTIME.
<chord>att.chord.logatt.eventatt.timestamp.ges@tstamp.real
@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.
<chord>att.commonatt.typed@type
@visible(optional)Indicates if a feature should be rendered when the notation is presented graphically or sounded when it is presented in an aural form. Value conforms to data.BOOLEAN.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.visibility@visible
@when(optional)Indicates the point of occurrence of this feature along a time line. Its value must be the ID of a <when> element elsewhere in the document. Value conforms to data.URI.
<chord>att.chord.logatt.eventatt.alignment@when
@x(optional)Encodes an x coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs attribute. Value is a decimal number.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.xy@x
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. Value conforms to data.URI.
<chord>att.commonatt.basic@xml:base
@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.
<chord>att.commonatt.basicatt.id@xml:id
@y(optional)Encodes a y coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs attribute. Value is a decimal number.
<chord>att.chord.visatt.xy@y
(MEI.shared) Attributes common to many elements.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that form the basis of the att.common class.
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. Value conforms to data.URI.
(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.
(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.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that specify element-to-element relationships.
@copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy. Value conforms to data.URI.
@corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Attributes used to supply a number-like designation for an element.
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence of similar elements. May not contain space characters. Value conforms to data.WORD.
(MEI.shared) Attributes capturing information regarding responsibility for some aspect of the text's creation, transcription, editing, or encoding.
@resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text’s transcription, editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in the document header. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(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) Attributes which can be used to classify features.
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.facsimile) Attributes that associate a feature corresponding with all or part of an image.
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.analytical) Analytical domain attributes.
(MEI.gestural) Gestural domain attributes.
(MEI.gestural) Attributes describing the method of performance.
@artic.ges(optional)Records performed articulation that differs from the written value. One or more values from data.ARTICULATION, separated by spaces.
(MEI.gestural) Attributes that record performed duration that differs from a feature’s written duration.
@dur.ges(optional)Records performed duration information that differs from the written duration; @dur.ges allows the same datatypes as @dur. Values of @dur.ges that require dots should also use @dots.ges. Value conforms to data.DURATION.GESTURAL.
@dots.ges(optional)Number of dots required for a gestural duration when different from that of the written duration. Value conforms to data.AUGMENTDOT.
@dur.metrical(optional)Duration as a count of units provided in the time signature denominator. Value is a decimal number.
@dur.ppq(optional)Duration recorded as pulses-per-quarter note, e.g., MIDI clicks or MusicXML divisions. Value is a positive integer, including 0.
@dur.real(optional)Duration in seconds, e.g., 1.732. Value is a decimal number.
@dur.recip(optional)Duration as an optionally dotted Humdrum **recip value. Value is a token.
(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. Value conforms to data.URI.
(MEI.shared) Logical domain attributes for chord. The artic, dots, and dur attributes encode the written articulations, augmentation dots, and duration values. The beam, fermata, lv, slur, syl, tie, and tuplet attributes may be used to indicate the attachment of these things to this chord. If visual information about these things needs to be recorded, then either the elements corresponding to these attributes or the attributes available in the att.vis.chord class should be employed.
(MEI.shared) Attributes for capturing the written signs that describe the method of performance.
@artic(optional)Encodes the written articulation(s). Articulations are normally encoded in order from the note head outward; that is, away from the stem. See additional notes at att.vis.note. Only articulations should be encoded in the artic attribute; for example, fingerings should be encoded using the <fing> element. One or more values from data.ARTICULATION, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that describe "cue-ness".
@cue(optional) Value conforms to data.BOOLEAN.
(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. Value conforms to data.DURATION.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that apply to all written events, , note, chord, rest, etc.
(MEI.performance) Temporal alignment attributes.
@when(optional)Indicates the point of occurrence of this feature along a time line. Its value must be the ID of a <when> element elsewhere in the document. Value conforms to data.URI.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that identify the layer to which a feature applies.
@layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies. One or more values of datatype positiveInteger, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Attributes for identifying the staff 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. One or more values of datatype positiveInteger, separated by spaces.
(MEI.gestural) Attributes that record a performed (as opposed to notated) time stamp.
@tstamp.ges(optional)Encodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part], as expressed in the written time signature. Value conforms to data.BEAT.
@tstamp.real(optional)Records the onset time in terms of ISO time. Value conforms to data.ISOTIME.
(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. Value conforms to data.BEAT.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that hold associated sung text syllables.
@syl(optional)Holds an associated sung text syllable. Value is plain text.
(MEI.visual) Visual domain attributes for chord. The slur, slur.dir, slur.rend, tie, tie.dir, and tie.rend attributes here are syntactic sugar for these attributes on each of the chord's individual notes. The values here apply to all the notes in the chord. If some notes are slurred or tied while others aren't, then the individual note attributes must be used.
@cluster(optional)Indicates a single, alternative note head should be displayed instead of individual note heads. The highest and lowest notes of the chord usually indicate the upper and lower boundaries of the cluster note head. Value conforms to data.CLUSTER.
(MEI.usersymbols) Attributes supplying pointers to user-defined symbols.
@altsym(optional)Provides a way of pointing to a user-defined symbol. It must contain a reference to an ID of a <symbolDef> element elsewhere in the document. Value conforms to data.URI.
(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. Value conforms to data.COLOR.
(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. Value conforms to data.ENCLOSURE.
(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. Value conforms to data.URI.
(MEI.externalsymbols) Attributes that specify names or values taken from an external symbol authority.
@glyph.name(optional)Glyph name. Value is plain text.
@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. Value conforms to data.HEXNUM.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that describe the properties of stemmed features; that is, chords and notes.
@stem.dir(optional)Describes the direction of a stem. Value conforms to data.STEMDIRECTION.
@stem.len(optional)Encodes the stem length. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTUNSIGNED.
@stem.mod(optional)Encodes any stem "modifiers"; that is, symbols rendered on the stem, such as tremolo or Sprechstimme indicators. Value conforms to data.STEMMODIFIER.
@stem.pos(optional)Records the position of the stem in relation to the note head(s). Value conforms to data.STEMPOSITION.
@stem.sameas(optional)Points to a note element in a different layer whose stem is shared. The linked notes should be rendered like a chord though they are part of different layers. Value conforms to data.URI.
@stem.visible(optional)Determines whether a stem should be displayed. Value conforms to data.BOOLEAN.
@stem.x(optional)Records the output x coordinate of the stem’s attachment point. Value is a decimal number.
@stem.y(optional)Records the output y coordinate of the stem’s attachment point. Value is a decimal number.
(MEI.mensural) Attributes that describe the properties of stemmed features specific to mensural repertoires.
@stem.form(optional)Records the form of the stem. Value conforms to data.STEMFORM.mensural.
(MEI.shared) Typographical attributes.
@fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family. Value conforms to data.FONTFAMILY.
@fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font. Value conforms to data.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%. Value conforms to data.FONTSIZE.
@fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal. Value conforms to data.FONTSTYLE.
@fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type. Value conforms to data.FONTWEIGHT.
@letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing property. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTTYPOGRAPHYSIGNED.
@lineheight(optional)Indicates line height in analogy to the CSS line-height property. Value conforms to either data.MEASUREMENTTYPOGRAPHYUNSIGNED or data.PERCENT.
(MEI.shared) Attributes describing whether a feature should be displayed.
@visible(optional)Indicates if a feature should be rendered when the notation is presented graphically or sounded when it is presented in an aural form. Value conforms to data.BOOLEAN.
(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. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTSIGNED.
(MEI.shared) Horizontal offset attributes specified in terms of time.
@to(optional)Records a timestamp adjustment of a feature’s programmatically-determined location in terms of musical time; that is, beats. Value conforms to data.TSTAMPOFFSET.
(MEI.shared) Output coordinate attributes. Some elements may have their exact rendered *output* coordinates recorded. x and y attributes indicate where to place the rendered output. Recording the coordinates of a feature in a facsimile requires the use of the facs attribute.
@x(optional)Encodes an x coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs attribute. Value is a decimal number.
@y(optional)Encodes a y coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs attribute. Value is a decimal number.
@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. Value is plain text.
@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. Value conforms to data.HEXNUM.
@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. Value conforms to data.URI.
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@artic.ges(optional)Records performed articulation that differs from the written value. One or more values from data.ARTICULATION, separated by spaces.
@dots.ges(optional)Number of dots required for a gestural duration when different from that of the written duration. Value conforms to data.AUGMENTDOT.
@dur.ges(optional)Records performed duration information that differs from the written duration; @dur.ges allows the same datatypes as @dur. Values of @dur.ges that require dots should also use @dots.ges. Value conforms to data.DURATION.GESTURAL.
@dur.metrical(optional)Duration as a count of units provided in the time signature denominator. Value is a decimal number.
@dur.ppq(optional)Duration recorded as pulses-per-quarter note, e.g., MIDI clicks or MusicXML divisions. Value is a positive integer, including 0.
@dur.real(optional)Duration in seconds, e.g., 1.732. Value is a decimal number.
@dur.recip(optional)Duration as an optionally dotted Humdrum **recip value. Value is a token.
@tstamp.ges(optional)Encodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part], as expressed in the written time signature. Value conforms to data.BEAT.
@tstamp.real(optional)Records the onset time in terms of ISO time. Value conforms to data.ISOTIME.
@stem.form(optional)Records the form of the stem. Value conforms to data.STEMFORM.mensural.
@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. Value conforms to data.URI.
@when(optional)Indicates the point of occurrence of this feature along a time line. Its value must be the ID of a <when> element elsewhere in the document. Value conforms to data.URI.
@artic(optional)Encodes the written articulation(s). Articulations are normally encoded in order from the note head outward; that is, away from the stem. See additional notes at att.vis.note. Only articulations should be encoded in the artic attribute; for example, fingerings should be encoded using the <fing> element. One or more values from data.ARTICULATION, separated by spaces.
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@color(optional)Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical term 'color' as used in pre-CMN notation. Value conforms to data.COLOR.
@copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy. Value conforms to data.URI.
@corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@cue(optional) Value conforms to data.BOOLEAN.
@dur(optional)Records the duration of a feature using the relative durational values provided by the data.DURATION datatype. Value conforms to data.DURATION.
@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. Value conforms to data.ENCLOSURE.
@follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family. Value conforms to data.FONTFAMILY.
@fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font. Value conforms to data.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%. Value conforms to data.FONTSIZE.
@fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal. Value conforms to data.FONTSTYLE.
@fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type. Value conforms to data.FONTWEIGHT.
@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. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTSIGNED.
@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.
@layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies. One or more values of datatype positiveInteger, separated by spaces.
@letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing property. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTTYPOGRAPHYSIGNED.
@lineheight(optional)Indicates line height in analogy to the CSS line-height property. Value conforms to either data.MEASUREMENTTYPOGRAPHYUNSIGNED or data.PERCENT.
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence of similar elements. May not contain space characters. Value conforms to data.WORD.
@next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text’s transcription, editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in the document header. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@staff(optional)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event applies. Mandatory when applicable. One or more values of datatype positiveInteger, separated by spaces.
@stem.dir(optional)Describes the direction of a stem. Value conforms to data.STEMDIRECTION.
@stem.len(optional)Encodes the stem length. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTUNSIGNED.
@stem.mod(optional)Encodes any stem "modifiers"; that is, symbols rendered on the stem, such as tremolo or Sprechstimme indicators. Value conforms to data.STEMMODIFIER.
@stem.pos(optional)Records the position of the stem in relation to the note head(s). Value conforms to data.STEMPOSITION.
@stem.sameas(optional)Points to a note element in a different layer whose stem is shared. The linked notes should be rendered like a chord though they are part of different layers. Value conforms to data.URI.
@stem.visible(optional)Determines whether a stem should be displayed. Value conforms to data.BOOLEAN.
@stem.x(optional)Records the output x coordinate of the stem’s attachment point. Value is a decimal number.
@stem.y(optional)Records the output y coordinate of the stem’s attachment point. Value is a decimal number.
@syl(optional)Holds an associated sung text syllable. Value is plain text.
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@to(optional)Records a timestamp adjustment of a feature’s programmatically-determined location in terms of musical time; that is, beats. Value conforms to data.TSTAMPOFFSET.
@tstamp(optional)Encodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part], as expressed in the written time signature. Value conforms to data.BEAT.
@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.
@visible(optional)Indicates if a feature should be rendered when the notation is presented graphically or sounded when it is presented in an aural form. Value conforms to data.BOOLEAN.
@x(optional)Encodes an x coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs attribute. Value is a decimal number.
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. Value conforms to data.URI.
@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.
@y(optional)Encodes a y coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs attribute. Value is a decimal number.
@altsym(optional)Provides a way of pointing to a user-defined symbol. It must contain a reference to an ID of a <symbolDef> element elsewhere in the document. Value conforms to data.URI.
@cluster(optional)Indicates a single, alternative note head should be displayed instead of individual note heads. The highest and lowest notes of the chord usually indicate the upper and lower boundaries of the cluster note head. Value conforms to data.CLUSTER.
Member of
model.eventLikeGroups event elements that occur in all notational repertoires.
Contained By
(MEI.shared) Groups event elements that occur in all notational repertoires.
<ligature>A mensural notation symbol that combines two or more notes into a single sign.
(MEI.shared) Groups notated events that may appear at the layer level in all repertoires.
<abbr>A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<damage>Contains an area of damage to the physical medium.
<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
<expan>Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.
<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.
<abbr>A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<damage>Contains an area of damage to the physical medium.
<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
<expan>Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
<ligature>A mensural notation symbol that combines two or more notes into a single sign.
<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.
May Contain
(MEI.critapp) Groups elements that contain a critical apparatus entry.
<app>Contains one or more alternative encodings.
(MEI.edittrans) Groups elements for editorial interventions that may be useful both in transcribing and in authoring processes.
<choice>Groups a number of alternative encodings for the same point in a text.
<subst>Groups transcriptional elements when the combination is to be regarded as a single intervention in the text.
(MEI.edittrans) Groups elements used for editorial transcription of pre-existing source materials.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<damage>Contains an area of damage to the physical medium.
<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
<gap>Indicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether as part of sampling practice or for editorial reasons described in the MEI header.
<handShift>Marks the beginning of a passage written in a new hand, or of a change in the scribe, writing style, ink or character of the document hand.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
(MEI.lyrics) Groups elements that contain a lyric verse.
<refrain>Recurring lyrics, especially at the end of each verse or stanza of a poem or song lyrics; a chorus.
<verse>Division of a poem or song lyrics, sometimes having a fixed length, meter or rhyme scheme; a stanza.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear as part of the content of a chord element.
<artic>An indication of how to play a note or chord.
<note>A single pitched event.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that contain a lyric syllable.
<syl>Individual lyric syllable.
<app>Contains one or more alternative encodings.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<choice>Groups a number of alternative encodings for the same point in a text.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<damage>Contains an area of damage to the physical medium.
<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
<gap>Indicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether as part of sampling practice or for editorial reasons described in the MEI header.
<handShift>Marks the beginning of a passage written in a new hand, or of a change in the scribe, writing style, ink or character of the document hand.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
<subst>Groups transcriptional elements when the combination is to be regarded as a single intervention in the text.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
<refrain>Recurring lyrics, especially at the end of each verse or stanza of a poem or song lyrics; a chorus.
<verse>Division of a poem or song lyrics, sometimes having a fixed length, meter or rhyme scheme; a stanza.
<artic>An indication of how to play a note or chord.
<note>A single pitched event.
<syl>Individual lyric syllable.
Declaration
<elementSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="chord" module="MEI.shared">
<desc xml:lang="en">A simultaneous sounding of two or more notes in the same layer *with the same duration*.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.chord.anl"/>
<memberOf key="att.chord.ges"/>
<memberOf key="att.chord.log"/>
<memberOf key="att.chord.vis"/>
<memberOf key="model.eventLike"/>
</classes>
<content>
<zeroOrMore>
<choice>
<ref name="model.chordPart"/>
<ref name="model.appLike"/>
<ref name="model.editLike"/>
<ref name="model.sylLike"/>
<ref name="model.transcriptionLike"/>
<ref name="model.verseLike"/>
</choice>
</zeroOrMore>
</content>
</elementSpec>
MEI Version: 6.0-dev+mensural(#6d754fa)