Re: The MusicXML challenge and Chords - MusicXML is Excellent!

I would say that the Raindrop notation is "wrong." If a student brought that into a composition lesson at my university, I would strongly urger him or her to change the rhythmic notation.




Having said that, any useful tool for describing music notation (NB: not music, but music notation) must allow for notations that are "wrong" for both functional and creative use.





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On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 4:45 AM, mogens@lundholm.org <mogens@lundholm.org>
wrote:

> Thanks to Andrew for the Raindrop-example. Interesting to see more 
> examples. Also if there are
> MusicXML files for the tunes. The Raindrop-prelude is interesting 
> because it is intuitive, while
> the correct written notes are difficult to read - if the attached file 
> is right.
> Mogens
> PS: I get more and more convinced that the idea of making <duration> a 
> total would make notes unambiguous. There will be some preconditions. I 
> think I can make a mathematical proof.
> PS: Midi is ambiguous - due to the division there will always be small 
> differences in the delta-values. The delta must be considered
> rational numbers - like floating point. Also other values differ with 
> minor changes.  And much more ....
> On 2015-11-02 17:59, Joe Berkovitz wrote:
>> Andrew, thanks for sharing this extremely useful example (Don Byrd is 
>> an old collaborator and advisor of mine, by the way). I think this is 
>> a perfect way to frame one of the key questions about use cases that 
>> confronts this group.
>>
>> ...
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Andrew Hankinson 
> <andrew.hankinson@gmail.com <mailto:andrew.hankinson@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     ....
>>     If you want to build a printable representation, a better option
>>     is to use SVG or Postscript. Or, if you want an unambiguous timing
>>     model, use MIDI or OSC.
>>
>>