Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Attributes

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model.layerPartGroups notated events that may appear at the layer level in all repertoires.

Members

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model.keySigLike, model.meterSigLike, <barLine>, <chord>, <clef>, <clefGrp>, <custos>, <note>, <pad>, <rest>, <space>, <tabDurSym>, <tabGrp>

MEI.shared

<barLine>Vertical line drawn through one or more staves that divides musical notation into metrical units.

<chord>A simultaneous sounding of two or more notes in the same layer *with the same duration*.

<clef>Indication of the exact location of a particular note on the staff and, therefore, the other notes as well.

<clefGrp>A set of simultaneously-occurring clefs.

<custos>Symbol placed at the end of a line of music to indicate the first note of the next line. Sometimes called a "direct".

model.keySigLikeGroups elements that have the same function as a key signature.

model.meterSigLikeGroups elements that represent a meter signature.

<note>A single pitched event.

<pad>An indication of extra visual space between notational elements.

<rest>A non-sounding event found in the source being transcribed.

<space>A placeholder used to fill an incomplete measure, layer, etc. most often so that the combined duration of the events equals the number of beats in the measure.

MEI.stringtab

<tabDurSym>A visual indication of the duration of a <tabGrp>.

<tabGrp>A group of simultaneous tab notes, comparable to a <chord> in CMN. Rarely, may also contain rests, as in some "German" lute tablatures.

Contained By

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model.eventLike(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.

model.layerPart(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.

MEI.critapp