Question for musicxml experts: representation of flow directions

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Question for musicxml experts: representation of flow directions

2022-01-02 12:59 PM

I can find how 'Segno' and 'Coda' are represented in a musicxml file: https://www.w3.org/2021/06/musicxml40/musicxml-reference/elements/barline/

But I can't find anything in the musicxml documentation https://www.musicxml.com/for-developers/ about other flow directions like 'Fine' and 'D.S. al Fine'

Re: Question for musicxml experts: representation of flow directions

Reply #1 – 2022-01-02 05:09 PM

Dear opagust,

When you open Musescore, add some "Repeats and Jumps" and export it as a musicxml file, the following code can be found in the file. It seems that the more exotic directions are just a combination of <words> and <sound> tags:

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      <direction placement="above">
        <direction-type>
          <segno default-x="-8.00" relative-y="20.00"/>
          </direction-type>
        <sound segno="segno"/>
        </direction>

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      <direction placement="above">
        <direction-type>
          <words relative-y="20.00">D.S. al Fine</words>
          </direction-type>
        <sound dalsegno="segno"/>
        </direction>

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      <direction placement="above">
        <direction-type>
          <words relative-y="20.00">Fine</words>
          </direction-type>
        <sound fine="yes"/>
        </direction>

Hope this helps.
Bart

Re: Question for musicxml experts: representation of flow directions

Reply #2 – 2022-01-02 05:32 PM

Yes, this helped!
https://www.w3.org/2021/06/musicxml40/musicxml-reference/elements/sound/

Thanks, Bart

Re: Question for musicxml experts: representation of flow directions

Reply #3 – 2022-01-02 06:52 PM

Well, it seems I did kwew it back in 2021

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Here's what I found in the coding I wrote for the musicxml to Noteworthy convertor:

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def convert_tag_direction_end(element):
    object_line = {
        'dynamic': '|Dynamic|Style:mp|Pos:7',
        'dynamic_variance-sfz': '|DynamicVariance|Style:Sforzando|Pos:7',
        'dynamic_variance-rfz': '|DynamicVariance|Style:Rinforzando|Pos:7',
        'dynamic_variance_text': '|Text|Text:sfp|Pos:7',
        'segno': '|Flow|Style:Segno|Pos:8',
        'coda': '|Flow|Style:Coda|Pos:8',
        'D.C. al Fine': '|Flow|Style:DCalFine|Pos:8|Justify:Right',
        'D.S. al Fine': '|Flow|Style:DSalFine|Pos:8|Justify:Right',
        'D.C. al Coda': '|Flow|Style:DCalCoda|Pos:8|Justify:Right',
        'D.S. al Coda': '|Flow|Style:DSalCoda|Pos:8|Justify:Right',
        'To Coda': '|Flow|Style:ToCoda|Pos:8|Justify:Right',
        'D.C.': '|Flow|Style:DaCapo|Pos:8|Justify:Right',
        'fine': '|Flow|Style:Fine|Pos:8',
        'pedal': '|SustainPedal|Pos:-11|Wide:Y'

    }
    ...