[MusicTlk] Question about XML music files

Mon Oct 8 16:10:12 UTC 2018

I don't like IBOS.  It's a music xml to braille and I hate the 
formatting.  (continuation indicator) 

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Subject: Re: [MusicTlk] Question about XML music files

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

 When I was talking about â€œpopular musicâ€, 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 â€œRing of 
Fireâ€ 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.

 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 donâ€™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 itâ€™s logical to further assume that publishers 
see no need to
 make them available.  It wouldnâ€™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.

 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.  Theyâ€™d either have to know how to do this by 
themselves, or
 theyâ€™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.

 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 donâ€™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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 Date sent: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 22:26:41 +0000
 Subject: [MusicTlk] Question about XML music files

 This is a question to everyone on the list.

 Iâ€™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,
 etcâ€¦).  A computer program could read such an XML file (say 
for
 example, Chopinâ€™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 Iâ€™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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