Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Used by

Attribute ClassesThese class-based attributes use data.FINGER.FRET

att.stringtab/@tab.fingIndicates which finger, if any, should be used to play an individual string. The index, middle, ring, and little fingers are represented by the values 1-4, while t is for the thumb. The values x and o indicate muffled and open strings, respectively.

Declaration


                                 <macroSpec ident="data.FINGER.FRET" module="MEI" type="dt">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">In a guitar chord diagram, a label indicating which finger, if any, should be used
                                       to play
                                       an individual string. The index, middle, ring, and little fingers are represented
                                       by the
                                       values 1-4, while 't' is for the thumb. The values 'x' and 'o' indicate stopped and
                                       open
                                       strings, respectively.</desc>
                                    
                                    <content>
                                       
                                       <rng:choice>
                                          
                                          <rng:data type="positiveInteger">
                                             
                                             <rng:param name="minInclusive">1</rng:param>
                                             
                                             <rng:param name="maxInclusive">4</rng:param>
                                             </rng:data>
                                          
                                          <rng:data type="token">
                                             
                                             <rng:param name="pattern">x|o|t</rng:param>
                                             </rng:data>
                                          </rng:choice>
                                       </content>
                                    </macroSpec>