XML export and beams

• Feb 3, 2010 - 09:49

When I save a file to MusicXML the beams are not written correctly. There is only one tag for each tag regardless of how many beams does the note have. I suppose there should be 2 tags for 16th, 3 tags for 32nd, etc. (Finale saves MusicXML files in such way).


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When I save a file to MusicXML the beams are not written correctly. There is only one beam tag for each note tag regardless of how many beams does the note have. I suppose there should be 2 beam tags for 16th, 3 beam tags for 32nd, etc. (Finale saves MusicXML files in such way).

In reply to by [DELETED] 5

Considering the fact that I'm drowning in XML (importing it, for that matter), I suppose that this is the way used by MusicXML to represent beam groupings. So, if beam number 2 ends, and a new beam number 2 starts, all within the same beam number 1, then an XML importing facility should understand this as two semiquaver groups linked together by one beam.

Hosam Adeeb Nashed

In reply to by HosAdeeb

Yes, but if there are 2 semiquaver groups (each containing 2 semiquavers) not linked together by one beam, they should also have 2 beam tags. Finale saves MusicXml file in such way and as far as I know the module for writing Xml files in Finale (Dolet for Finale) is provided by Recordare - creator of MusicXml format, so this way of writing MusicXml files must be correct.

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