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MusicXML, the Glossary

MusicXML is an XML-based file format for representing Western musical notation.^[1]

45 relations: ASCII, Audiveris, Bar (music), C major, Cakewalk Sonar, Canvas element, Clef, Comparison of document markup languages, Comparison of scorewriters, Data compression, Digital Performer, Document type definition, Dorico, File format, Finale (scorewriter), HTML5, JavaScript, Key signature, List of document markup languages, Logic Pro, MIDI, MuseScore, Music Encoding Initiative, Music Markup Language, Music sequencer, Musical notation, Notation Interchange File Format, Optical music recognition, Ornament (music), Parsing, Scorewriter, Sheet music, Sibelius (scorewriter), Slur (music), SmartScore, SMuFL, Steinberg Cubase, Stem (music), Time signature, Web browser, Whole note, World Wide Web Consortium, XML, XML Schema (W3C), ZIP (file format).
Computer-related introductions in 2004
Industry-specific XML-based standards
Music notation file formats
Musical markup languages

ASCII

ASCII, an acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for electronic communication.

See MusicXML and ASCII

Audiveris

Audiveris is an open source tool for optical music recognition (OMR).

See MusicXML and Audiveris

In musical notation, a bar (or measure) is a segment of music bounded by vertical lines, known as bar lines (or barlines), usually indicating one of more recurring beats. The length of the bar, measured by the number of note values it contains, is normally indicated by the time signature.

See MusicXML and Bar (music)

C major

C major (or the key of C) is a major scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. C major is one of the most common keys used in music.

See MusicXML and C major

Cakewalk Sonar

Sonar was a digital audio workstation created by the former Boston, Massachusettsbased music production software company Cakewalk.

See MusicXML and Cakewalk Sonar

Canvas element

The canvas element is part of HTML5 and allows for dynamic, scriptable rendering of 2D shapes and bitmap images.

See MusicXML and Canvas element

Clef

A clef (from French: clef 'key') is a musical symbol used to indicate which notes are represented by the lines and spaces on a musical staff.

See MusicXML and Clef

Comparison of document markup languages

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of document markup languages.

See MusicXML and Comparison of document markup languages

Comparison of scorewriters

This is a comparison of music notation programs.

See MusicXML and Comparison of scorewriters

Data compression

In information theory, data compression, source coding, or bit-rate reduction is the process of encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation.

See MusicXML and Data compression

Digital Performer

Digital Performer is a digital audio workstation and music sequencer software package published by Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) of Cambridge, Massachusetts for the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows platforms.

See MusicXML and Digital Performer

Document type definition

A document type definition (DTD) is a specification file that contains set of markup declarations that define a document type for an SGML-family markup language (GML, SGML, XML, HTML).

See MusicXML and Document type definition

Dorico

Dorico is a scorewriter software; along with Finale and Sibelius, it is one of the three leading professional-level music notation programs.

See MusicXML and Dorico

File format

A file format is a standard way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.

See MusicXML and File format

Finale (scorewriter)

Finale is a proprietary music notation software developed and released by MakeMusic for Microsoft Windows and macOS since 1988.

See MusicXML and Finale (scorewriter)

HTML5

HTML5 (Hypertext Markup Language 5) is a markup language used for structuring and presenting hypertext documents on the World Wide Web. MusicXML and HTML5 are World Wide Web Consortium standards and XML-based standards.

See MusicXML and HTML5

JavaScript

JavaScript, often abbreviated as JS, is a programming language and core technology of the Web, alongside HTML and CSS.

See MusicXML and JavaScript

Key signature

In Western musical notation, a key signature is a set of sharp, flat, or rarely, natural symbols placed on the staff at the beginning of a section of music.

See MusicXML and Key signature

List of document markup languages

The following is a list of document markup languages.

See MusicXML and List of document markup languages

Logic Pro

Logic Pro is a proprietary digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI sequencer software application for the macOS platform developed by Apple Inc. It was originally created in the early 1990s as Notator Logic, or Logic, by German software developer C-Lab which later went by Emagic.

See MusicXML and Logic Pro

MIDI

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communication protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and related audio devices for playing, editing, and recording music.

See MusicXML and MIDI

MuseScore

MuseScore Studio (branded as MuseScore before 2024) is a free and open-source music notation program for Windows, macOS, and Linux under the Muse Group, which owns the associated online score-sharing platform MuseScore.com and a freemium mobile score viewer and playback app.

See MusicXML and MuseScore

Music Encoding Initiative

The Music Encoding Initiative (MEI) is an open-source effort to create a system for representation of musical documents in a machine-readable structure. MusicXML and music Encoding Initiative are music notation file formats, musical markup languages and XML-based standards.

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Music Markup Language

Music Markup Language (MML) was an early application of XML to describe music objects and events. MusicXML and music Markup Language are musical markup languages and XML-based standards.

See MusicXML and Music Markup Language

Music sequencer

A music sequencer (or audio sequencer or simply sequencer) is a device or application software that can record, edit, or play back music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically CV/Gate, MIDI, or Open Sound Control, and possibly audio and automation data for digital audio workstations (DAWs) and plug-ins.

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Musical notation

Musical notation is any system used to visually represent music.

See MusicXML and Musical notation

Notation Interchange File Format

Notation Interchange File Format (NIFF) is a music notation file format used primarily for transferring music notation between different scorewriters. MusicXML and notation Interchange File Format are music notation file formats.

See MusicXML and Notation Interchange File Format

Optical music recognition

Optical music recognition (OMR) is a field of research that investigates how to computationally read musical notation in documents.

See MusicXML and Optical music recognition

Ornament (music)

In music, ornaments or embellishments are musical flourishes—typically, added notes—that are not essential to carry the overall line of the melody (or harmony), but serve instead to decorate or "ornament" that line (or harmony), provide added interest and variety, and give the performer the opportunity to add expressiveness to a song or piece.

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Parsing

Parsing, syntax analysis, or syntactic analysis is the process of analyzing a string of symbols, either in natural language, computer languages or data structures, conforming to the rules of a formal grammar.

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Scorewriter

A scorewriter, or music notation program is software for creating, editing and printing sheet music.

See MusicXML and Scorewriter

Sheet music

Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of musical notation that uses musical symbols to indicate the pitches, rhythms, or chords of a song or instrumental musical piece.

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Sibelius (scorewriter)

Sibelius is a scorewriter program developed and released by Sibelius Software Limited (now part of Avid Technology).

See MusicXML and Sibelius (scorewriter)

Slur (music)

A slur is a symbol in Western musical notation indicating that the notes it embraces are to be played without separation (that is, with legato articulation).

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SmartScore

SmartScore 64 is a music OCR and scorewriter program, developed, published and distributed by Musitek Corporation based in Ojai, California.

See MusicXML and SmartScore

SMuFL

Standard Music Font Layout, or SMuFL, is an open standard for music font mapping. MusicXML and SMuFL are World Wide Web Consortium standards.

See MusicXML and SMuFL

Steinberg Cubase

Cubase is a digital audio workstation (DAW) developed by Steinberg for music and MIDI recording, arranging and editing.

See MusicXML and Steinberg Cubase

Stem (music)

In musical notation, stems are the, "thin, vertical lines that are directly connected to the note head." Stems may point up or down.

See MusicXML and Stem (music)

Time signature

A time signature (also known as meter signature, metre signature, and measure signature) is a convention in Western music notation that specifies how many note values of a particular type are contained in each measure (bar).

See MusicXML and Time signature

Web browser

A web browser is an application for accessing websites.

See MusicXML and Web browser

Whole note

A whole note (American) or semibreve (British) in musical notation is a single note equivalent to or lasting as long as two half notes or four quarter notes.

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World Wide Web Consortium

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web.

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XML

Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. MusicXML and XML are World Wide Web Consortium standards.

See MusicXML and XML

XML Schema (W3C)

XSD (XML Schema Definition), a recommendation of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), specifies how to formally describe the elements in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document. MusicXML and XML Schema (W3C) are World Wide Web Consortium standards and XML-based standards.

See MusicXML and XML Schema (W3C)

ZIP (file format)

ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression.

See MusicXML and ZIP (file format)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MusicXML

Also known as .mscx, .mxl, Mscx, Music XML.

MusicXML, the Glossary

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See also

Industry-specific XML-based standards

Music notation file formats

Musical markup languages

References