Problem importing musicxml
I have a file, scanned by Neuratron PhotoScore, which I subsequently exported to musicxml format. I then opened this file in MuseScore (3.6.2).
I have met with good results with musicxml import in the past, but in this case there are some symbols present that take up space, and that I cannot remove. It seems within each measure some doubling takes place, with the second half empty. Or that is how it looks to me.
It is quite possible that PhotoScore made some errors in the export, although I do not spot them in the xml file. But I am not a musicxml expert, so it could be I missed them. But in any case, I would like to correct the problem in Musescore.
I enclose the first measures of the MuseScore import, (as a screen print) and also the musicxml file, as well as a fragment of the original score. My questions are:
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what are the grey symbols in the second half of every measure? Note that the measure is 4/4, and the symbols appear after the fourth beat. I do not know these symbols and wonder what they mean.
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most importantly, how can I get rid of them? The vertical-bar-plus-dot I can select, but I cannot remove them. The plus-sign I cannot even select.
Thanks for any hints on this!
Jeroen.
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Comments
These are rests. You may delete them using Ctrl+Del. That would get rid of that + too, as that indicates a measure to be longer than what the time signature suggests
In reply to These are rests. You may… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you for this quick reply!
I had tried normal select-and-delete, but that did not work. Combined with ctrl (cmd on my Mac) it works indeed.
One remaining question: I can only remove these rests one measure at a time. I tried to select all similar elements in the score, which I can, but I have found no way to delete them all in one go. Is that at all possible?
Thanks again!
In reply to Thank you for this quick… by user2442
No, I don't think so
In reply to Thank you for this quick… by user2442
It isn't too bad. Check the attached
In reply to It isn't too bad. Check the… by Jojo-Schmitz
Great! Thanks.
In reply to Great! Thanks. by user2442
If you post the full PDF, I can see what I come up with using PhotoScore. No extra beats using the partial PDF
In reply to If you post the full PDF, I… by bobjp
As requested:
In reply to This is the full PDF: … by user2442
I only have PhotoScore Lite. This means that it can't read more than 12 staves per page. However, as long as I fixed the issues that PhotoScore showed, the result in MuseScore seemed to be pretty good. And there weren't that many issues.
Root cause is a missing divisions value at the start of P4 and P5. The division value is not specified until measure 35. This leads to MuseScore assuming all measures (in all parts) up to measure 35 are 6/1 instead of 1/1, which leads to extra rests (the grey symbols).
In reply to Root cause is a missing… by Leon Vinken
Anything the import could do to fix this?
Fixed file attached.
In reply to Fixed file attached. by Leon Vinken
The importer could fix this by ignoring note duration and using note length derived from type. This would build on top of the fix for #321751: [MusicXML import] use note type instead of note duration to determine note length, which (unfortunately) still has not been merged.
In reply to The importer could fix this… by Leon Vinken
Which needs a rebase
In reply to Which needs a rebase by Jojo-Schmitz
If it helps any, I opened the OP's PDF in my version of the OP's PDF reader. Then without fixing anything, exported as an xml. I opened it in MuseScore and didn't get the same measure problems.
In reply to If it helps any, I opened… by bobjp
Time to upgrade, I suppose...
Thanks.