Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Used by

Attribute ClassesThese class-based attributes use data.MIDIMSPB

att.midiTempo/@midi.mspbRecords the number of microseconds per *quarter note*. In MIDI, a beat is always defined as a quarter note, *not the numerator of the time signature or the metronomic indication*. At 120 quarter notes per minute, each quarter note will last 500,000 microseconds.

Declaration


                                 <macroSpec ident="data.MIDIMSPB" module="MEI" type="dt">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Tempo expressed as microseconds per "beat", where "beat" is always defined as a quarter
                                       note, *not the numerator of the time signature or the metronomic indication*.</desc>
                                    
                                    <content>
                                       
                                       <rng:data type="positiveInteger"/>
                                       </content>
                                    </macroSpec>