Re: Compact music notation grammar

Hi Koen,

Also you should check Opusmodus at opusmodus.com which converts from a script directly into MusicXML, and displays it using the SeeScore library

best regards
James Sutton
Dolphin Computing
http://www.dolphin-com.co.uk <http://www.dolphin-com.co.uk/>
http://www.seescore.co.uk <http://www.dolphin-com.co.uk/>
http://www.playscore.co <http://www.dolphin-com.co.uk/>




> On 26 Sep 2017, at 12:09, Peter Stadler <stadler@weber-gesamtausgabe.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi Koen,
> 
> your example notation reminds me of Lilypond (http://lilypond.org) which is a LaTeX-like format/typesetting for music.
> 
> Best
> Peter
> 
>> Am 26.09.2017 um 08:43 schrieb Samyn Koen <Koen.Samyn@howest.be>:
>> 
>> I recently (about 2 weeks) joined this group and thought I would let you know what I am working on.
>> 
>> My project related to MusicXML is a compact grammar that can be used to quickly input
>> a score sheet into a source file. This source file is then translated into the MusicXML format.
>> 
>> A simple example:
>> 
>> score bmv161{
>>   title="Komm, du süße Todesstunde";
>>   lyricist="J.S. Bach";
>>   divisions=24;
>> 
>>   part abf1{
>>       name="Altblockflöte";
>>       shortname="A1.";
>>       octave = 4;
>> 
>>       voice 1{
>>           | &G2 fifths-3  %4/4 r [sol+ fa+ fa+ mi+]/3 [mi+/4. do+/3] [si+ la+ la+ sol+]/3
>>           | [sol+/3 fa+/3 fa+/4] [fa+ la+ sol+ la+]/3 [sol+/4. sol+/3] [do+2/3 mi+2/2 re+2/2 mi+2/3 do+2/3] |
>>       }
>>   }
>> }
>> 
>> I grew up with the do-re-mi way of naming notes, but it is also possible to use the ABC naming convention.
>> Brackets are used to generate beams for notes and the plus or minus sign can be used to raise a note
>> up or down from the default octave. The slashes are used to define the duration of a note.
>> 
>> You can follow the project here : https://github.com/samynk/musicscript . At the moment it is something
>> that I quickly put together and maybe very particular to my workflow. Any feedback is useful, even if it is just
>> to say that it is not a very fruitful approach.
>> 
>> Maybe there are also other projects with the same basic premise that are further along. If so I would like to
>> hear about them and maybe join them.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Koen Samyn
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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