[Musicxml Export] - Single slash in figured bass not exported
Reported version
3.6
Type
Performance
Frequency
Once
Severity
S3 - Major
Reproducibility
Always
Status
active
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project
As I'm making examples of the braille music notation manual, I come across a figure with singl slash, thus no number at all. Musescore can display it correctly as my father can see, but when exporting, the figured bass field is empty, just a line break and the close of the tag, no slash suffix given. This should be fixed, and I'll have to go back to my Bach transcription in case there are such missing slashes.
| Attachment | Size |
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| slash.mscz | 2.74 KB |
| slash.musicxml | 3.93 KB |
Comments
Relates to #270643: [EPIC] MusicXML import/export issues
Can you explain the intended meaning here?
Unfortunately MusicXML has only limited support for figured bass and Roman numeral analysis, this is actually something being worked on right now in the standard committee.
As shown in the attached example. I don't know what it means, but in Musicxml,it may be represented by a suffix for slash alone I think.
This is an amazing post-Bach innovation, later 18th ct. It is the time-opposite of the continuation dash, and is a neat solution to the very difficult problem of accented bass passing tones, which, without it, get crazy figures. It means "look at the next bass note, and its figure, to know what to play for this (accented bass passing) tone".
Never would I have guessed this, thanks for the explanation!
In reply to Never would I have guessed… by Marc Sabatella
"Go figure!"
In reply to "Go figure!" by [DELETED] 1831606
Thank you BSG! Then I'm relieved since it doesn't appear at least in Bach and Handel's scores. But Musicxml does include the slash as a suffix symbol, so it can be suffix alone, I guess.
In reply to Thank you BSG! Then I'm… by hhpmusic
No, overstruck slash (entered as suffix) means sharp. Unrelated.
The MusicXML schema does allow encoding a figured bass element consisting of a slash only (it would be a "figure" element with a child element "suffix" with text "slash"). Unfortunately, the MusicXML description does not state what that would mean, it mentions slashed numbers only. This includes the current status of MusicXML 4.0, which is still in development.
Thus, technically it would be easy to implement this, but compatibility with other applications may not be guaranteed.
In reply to The MusicXML schema does… by Leon Vinken
Thanks, I'll ask Michael if this can be just encoded as a suffix alone. If yes, we can implement it, although it's not recognized by other software, because this is a valid xml code.
Ok, I asked Michael, and he said this is not a regular fb indication, although the suffix can be used. So let's pend this currently.