Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Used by

Attribute ClassesThese class-based attributes use data.NEIGHBORINGLAYER

att.beamedWith/@beam.withIn the case of cross-staff beams, the beam.with attribute is used to indicate which staff the beam is connected to; that is, the staff above or the staff below.

att.stems.cmn/@stem.withContains an indication of which staff a note or chord that logically belongs to the current staff should be visually placed on; that is, the one above or the one below.

Allowed Values

aboveThe layer immediately above.

belowThe layer immediately below.

Declaration


                                 <macroSpec ident="data.NEIGHBORINGLAYER" module="MEI" type="dt">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">For musical material designated to appear on an adjacent layer or staff, the location
                                       of the layer
                                       relative to the current one; 
                                       <abbr>i.e.</abbr>
, the layer above or the layer below.</desc>
                                    
                                    <content>
                                       
                                       <valList type="closed">
                                          
                                          <valItem ident="above">
                                             
                                             <desc xml:lang="en">The layer immediately above.</desc>
                                             </valItem>
                                          
                                          <valItem ident="below">
                                             
                                             <desc xml:lang="en">The layer immediately below.</desc>
                                             </valItem>
                                          </valList>
                                       </content>
                                    </macroSpec>