The attribute is used to refer to the of the starting note. Staff elements, and connected to events on the staff via attributes. When encoding CMN, ornaments should be encoded within a The following sections will introduce each element in detail for all types of ornaments supported. Nonetheless, in order to establish common ground, the guidelines suggest commonly accepted symbols and realizations for the ornaments supported by MEI. The elements described here, therefore, are not bound to a specific symbol they are, instead, meant to encode the encoder’s interpretation of a symbol and its position on the staff. These symbols may have different resolutions depending on a large number of factors, such as historical context, national boundaries, composer, scribe, etc. In written form, these are usually expressed as symbols written above or below a note, though some have a more complex written expression, such as those that involve multiple notes and/or include grace notes.
Ornaments are formulae of embellishment that can be realized by adding supplementary notes to one or more notes of the melody. This module includes elements and attributes for the encoding of ornaments typical of ‘Common Music Notation’ (CMN).
