[MusicTlk] Question about XML music files

Mon Oct 8 12:18:08 UTC 2018

There are a number of free sites out there for xml format one in particular
is musicscore, you need to sign up all genres are available, also an app
available called IBOS I think it's just windows based can read xml
music....don't be fooled by programs that say they can convert  pdf to
xml..they don't work
good luck
hav a gt day
ned

On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 7:17 AM Mike Jolls via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Ella Yu
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> When I was talking about “popular music”, I was referring to popular music
> of any genre.  The Chopin piece I cited is a popular work within the
> classical music genre.  Another example would be “Ring of Fire” within the
> country music genre.  Therefore, I was asking whether there were libraries
> that existed that a person could access in order to download XML music
> files which contain popular music from a variety of genres.
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> You are probably right that XML music files are not in high demand by the
> public.  That would probably be explained by the assumption that sighted
> people don’t ask for XML files because they can just read standard printed
> music.  Why would they need anything else?  And if that assumption is
> correct, then it’s logical to further assume that publishers see no need to
> make them available.  It wouldn’t surprise me, however, if publishers
> already store music in their internal libraries as XML formatted files.
>
> In asking this question, I was hoping that an organization such as NFB or
> NLS was already doing the work of formatting XML music.  Or better yet,
> collecting pre-formatted XML music already built by the publishers,
> assuming this has already been done.
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> On a previous post, I asked about music enlargement software.  Someone
> replied about the Dancing Dots software.  After doing some research, I came
> to the conclusion that DD could read XML formatted files.  However, each
> piece of music would have to be converted to XML format.  This puts the
> responsibility of creating the music XML file squarely on the end-users
> shoulders.  They’d either have to know how to do this by themselves, or
> they’d have to pay someone (probably per piece of music) to do that.  The
> process of creating such music would be time consuming and likely expensive.
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> Therefore, having music in standard XML format in a library which was
> accessible to all low vison or blind musicians would streamline the process
> of getting and producing the desired music.  It could also open
> opportunities for other software that don’t currently exist.
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> XML files are actually quite difficult to find, as they're in
> relatively low demand.  When you refer to "popular music", are
> you referring to the
> popular music genre or are you referring to well-known music in
> any genre? The example you cited is classical music.
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> From: Mike Jolls via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org
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> Subject: [MusicTlk] Question about XML music files
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> This is a question to everyone on the list.
>
> I’d like to know if there are existing libraries with popular
> music that we can access that contains pre-built music files in
> XML format.
>
> For those that may not know, XML is a computer data format used
> to store documents as a series of data attributes.  Each aspect
> of a piece of music would be represented as an attribute in this
> format (rests, whole notes, time signatures, accents, phrasing,
> etc…).  A computer program could read such an XML file (say for
> example, Chopin’s Nocturne in Eb Major #9).  After reading the
> XML file, such a program could then graphically render the music
> on a computer screen.
>
> To do this, a library of music would need to be built which a
> person could download from.  It would probably be a subscription
> service.  Having downloaded the XML music file, computer software
> would then perform the graphical rendering.
>
> What I’m looking for is a library that is already preloaded with
> XMl formatted music files.  Anybody know anything about this?
>
> Thanks
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