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Re: Problems with musicxml2ly
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Paul Hodges |
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Re: Problems with musicxml2ly |
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Date: |
Tue, 20 Dec 2022 10:01:39 +0000 |
From:
Jacques Menu <imj-muzhic@bluewin.ch>
The legend on this page is misleading: the files that can be downloaded clicking on the supposedly MusicXML icon have a ‘.mxl’ suffix, i.e. they are MuseScore files in fact:
.mxl files are the standard compressed form of Music XML files; the Music XML file is compressed as a .zip file which is then renamed .mxl.
As to the original issue - my experience is that Music XML files always require a lot of processing to get acceptable output - I just treat them as a means of inputting notes, and remove all the extraneous formatting, and simplify and rewrite the score layout until it's correct. Music XML is far from a satisfactory medium for transmitting formatted scores.
Sometimes I find it helps to read the Music XML into Dorico and write a new Music XML file from there; but in this case Dorico sees similar problems, with five staves for the organ, and also overlaid words in some places which LilyPond manages better.
Paul