[MEI-L] repeat start and stop

Roland, Perry (pdr4h) pdr4h at eservices.virginia.edu
Fri Oct 22 15:32:57 CEST 2010


Hi everyone,

This is a case where correct representation can conflict with practicalities.  While it makes sense representationally to say that m.5 "contains/has" the left repeat sign, it is often the case that rendering software needs to know this fact one measure earlier in order to make decisions about layout.  So,

<measure n="4" right="rptstart"/>

may be easier to render without additional transformation than

<measure n="5" left="rptstart"/>

That being said, I'd still use the latter encoding because it follows more closely how musicians tend to read the notation.  The MEI -> Mup encoding can handle both options so it really doesn't matter which you use as long as you intend to use that transformation for rendering.  In either case, the documentation could/should be improved. 

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From: mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de [mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de] On Behalf Of Christine Siegert [siegert at udk-berlin.de]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 3:57 AM
To: Music Encoding Initiative
Subject: Re: [MEI-L] repeat start and stop

Dear List,
in my opinion, Johannes and Maja are right. The repetition should be incoded
as being part of bar 5, simply because it is part of bar 5. The other
encoding would represent only the place, but not the meaning of the sign.
Best wishes,
Christine


Prof. Dr. Christine Siegert
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Maja Hartwig" <Maja.Hartwig at gmx.de>
To: <mei-l at lists.uni-paderborn.de>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:38 AM
Subject: [MEI-L] repeat start and stop


> Dear List,
>
> don't wonder about the mail address, this is Johannes sitting together
> with Maja Hartwig, one of our new MEI contributors here in Detmold. We
> have discovered a slight inconsistency regarding the best practice of
> encoding repetition signs.
>
> Here's the situation: We have a repetition starting in measure 5. In the
> Tag Library, it is recommended to always use only the @right attribute of
> a measure to encode such information, leaving the @left only "for
> facilitation of translation from legacy encodings which use it." If taken
> serious, this means that in measure 4 we say that a repetition starts in
> the following measure, although this measure 4 is in no way affected by
> it. Isn't this a little bit awkward, especially for processing? What's the
> best practice for this, any experiences or feelings anyone?
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Maja and Johannes
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