[MEI-L] Encoding elisions
TW
zupftom at googlemail.com
Fri Apr 26 23:01:03 CEST 2013
Dear MEI family,
for Corpus monodicum, we need to encode situations where a scribe
notates only the beginning and sometimes also the end of a chant
section. Those are kind of cues and the scribe assumes the singer
knows how to continue. It's really similar to when only the first
words of a refrain are printed between verses.
I think <gap> is the appropriate thing to use, like:
<syllable>
<syl>Sex</syl>
</syllable>
<syllable>
<syl>bomb</syl>
</syllable>
<gap reason="cue"/>
<!-- Sometimes we also have this following the gap: -->
<syllable>
<syl>turn</syl>
</syllable>
<syllable>
<syl>me</syl>
</syllable>
<syllable>
<syl>on.</syl>
</syllable>
(Yes, Corpus monodicum also transcribes a few love songs.)
Any objections to this structure? For some reason I don't feel 100%
confident that this is what the <gap> element was made for.
Thomas
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