[musicxml] Clarify definition of String element in MusicXML

ebrooks01 has just created a new issue for 
https://github.com/w3c/musicxml:

== Clarify definition of String element in MusicXML ==
The String element documentation in the XSD says in part:

'String numbers start with 1 for the highest string."

Other areas of the XSD that deal with string numbers further clarify 
which string is meant by using the term "highest pitched string".  In 
this case, however, pitch is not the determining factor (banjo would 
be a good example), but rather "height from the floor", where the 
highest string really means the highest one off the floor when the 
instrument is strung normally and held horizontally.  Upright string 
instruments would challenge this definition, so maybe further 
clarification about the orientation of the strings is also required.  

Complicating matters is whether the term "highest string" is referring
 to the physical string on the instrument, or to the staff line in the
 music that is representing that string. Tablature generally inverts 
the two, representing the string that is physically highest off the 
floor as the lowest staff line off the floor.

So it seems that the term "highest string" is not sufficient in any 
case, for the above reasons.

Please view or discuss this issue at 
https://github.com/w3c/musicxml/issues/127 using your GitHub account

Received on Friday, 1 April 2016 07:20:54 UTC