Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Used by

Attribute ClassesThese class-based attributes use data.OCTAVE

att.pitch.ges/@oct.gesRecords performed octave information that differs from the written value.

att.octave/@octCaptures written octave information.

att.octaveDefault/@oct.defaultContains a default octave specification for use when the first note, rest, chord, etc. in a measure does not have an octave value specified.

att.staffLoc.pitched/@olocRecords staff location in terms of written octave.

Declaration


                                 <macroSpec ident="data.OCTAVE" module="MEI" type="dt">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Octave number. The default values conform to the Scientific Pitch Notation (SPN).</desc>
                                    
                                    <content>
                                       
                                       <rng:data type="nonNegativeInteger">
                                          
                                          <rng:param name="maxInclusive">9</rng:param>
                                          </rng:data>
                                       </content>
                                    </macroSpec>