This set of slides was used both in a workshop, Digital Humanities in Early Music Research I, Session II – Early Music Databases and Encoding and in a Paleography course at University of Freiburg. They present the following topics: (1) A short introduction to MEI, (2) Basic Structure of an MEI file, (3) Examples, (4) MEI Technologies – Editors a…[Read more]

Mensural MEI template for use with Encoding Mensural Notation with MEI slides available at

This is a set of slides presented during the Semana de Humanidades Digitales (Week of Digital Humanities) organized by Digital Humanities associations in Mexico (Red HD), Colombia (Red Colombiana de Humanidades Digitales), and Argentina (Asociación Argentina de Humanidades Digitales). An MEI template (template_more_elements.xml) for use with the…[Read more]

MEI template for use with the presentation, Codificación y publicación de música: Un taller sobre Music Encoding Initiative (MEI) (doi )

The Measuring Polyphony YouTube channel has in-depth informational videos on using the MP Editor as well as short videos explaining individual functions of the editor. The Measuring Polyphony YouTube channel is organized into playlists that contain comprehensive training videos on how to use the MP editor:

(1) Video summaries (1-3 mins) of how…[Read more]