On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, John Henckel wrote:
> Although what I said was valid, I want to retract my proposal to make ABC
> be XML compatible.
>
> One look at MusicXML (see http://www.recordare.com/stanford.html )
> convinced me that using XML would sacrifice too much of the clarity and
> usability of ABC.
>
> for instance, this is one note in MusicXML.........
>
> <note>
> <pitch>
> <step>B</step>
> <alter>-1</alter>
> <octave>4</octave>
> </pitch>
> <duration>1</duration>
> <type>eighth</type>
> <stem>up</stem>
> <beam number="1">end</beam>
> </note>
Have you ever looked at raw musixtex, as, eg, hint hint, output from
abc2mtex ? It's *far* nastier than that :)
ie, if xml gives access to worthwhile stuff, how about an abc2xml
converter ?
--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
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