MuseScore 4 Crashed Loading iReal Pro MusicXML File

• Feb 26, 2023 - 15:55

Good afternoon everyone,

I'm trying to import an iReal Pro chord chart into MuseScore 4 so that I can add some practice exercises for my students without having to chart the song out from scratch.

The process I'm following:

  1. Open iReal Pro and select song
  2. Select Export Chord Chart > MusicXML

  3. Save output to desktop

  4. Open Musescore 4

  5. Select Open from menu
  6. Select exported MusicXML file
  7. MuseScore crashes

What I'm using:
• MacBook Pro running Ventura 13.2.1 (22D68)
• iReal Pro Version 2022.11 (20221104)
• MuseScore version (64-bit): 4.0.1-230121751, revision: 9b70a8c

It's my understanding that MuseScore supports MusicXML files, but I've yet to get this to work.

If anyone knows of a solution, I'd really appreciate you sharing it. I'd hate to have to create chord charts and exercises for all the tunes I've got planned for the coming couple of months.

Thanks,
Will

Attachment Size
Satin Doll.musicxml 26.83 KB

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• Feb 26, 2023 - 16:18

Culprit for the crash is the 1st volta, it diesn't seem it end properly.
2nd volta is not encoded corectly either.
To me that seems a bug in iReal Pro's MusicXML export

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• Feb 27, 2023 - 09:29

There's more problems with iReal Pro's MusicXML export (or MuseScore's import?): the double barlines, after import look like reverse end barlines, but actually are a single barlines superimposed by a double barline between measure 17, 18 and 19.
And there's an extra G-clef in measure 11 and/or an ignored double barline between 10 and 11

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• Feb 26, 2023 - 16:26

Fix XML attached. diff:

$ diff -u Satin\ Doll.musicxml Satin\ Doll\ fixed.musicxml
--- "Satin Doll.musicxml"       2023-02-26 17:27:41.745634100 +0100
+++ "Satin Doll fixed.musicxml" 2023-02-26 17:21:40.869575100 +0100
@@ -295,9 +295,6 @@
     </measure>
     <!--=========================================================-->
     <measure number="7">
-      <barline location="right">
-        <ending type="discontinue" number="1"/>
-      </barline>
      <barline location="left">
         <ending type="start" number="1"/>
       </barline>
@@ -339,6 +336,9 @@
     <measure number="8">
       <attributes/>
       <barline location="right">
+        <ending type="discontinue" number="1"/>
+      </barline>
+       <barline location="right">
         <bar-style>light-heavy</bar-style>
         <repeat direction="backward"/>
       </barline>
@@ -377,12 +377,12 @@
     </measure>
     <!--=========================================================-->
     <measure number="9">
-      <barline location="right">
-        <ending type="discontinue" number="2"/>
-      </barline>
       <barline location="left">
         <ending type="start" number="2"/>
       </barline>
+      <barline location="right">
+        <ending type="discontinue" number="2"/>
+      </barline>
       <print new-system="yes"/>
       <attributes/>
       <harmony print-frame="no" default-y="25" relative-x="10">
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Satin Doll fixed.musicxml 26.83 KB

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• Feb 26, 2023 - 20:06

Thanks very much for your help.

I'm not a power user, so I would never have found this error.

But so I'm aware for the future, which block of code above is the corrected code?

When I load the corrected file (thanks again for that), the chords don't display correctly. I've noticed this with several other MusicXML files I've opened after upgrading to MS 4. Please see attached image.

If I click on this to edit the chord, it displays. When I take focus off (click away), it goes back to the way it is in the image. Any ideas?

All the best,
Will

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Satin Doll fixed.png 176.04 KB

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• Feb 27, 2023 - 09:00

Thanks, Jojo. I really appreciate your help.

Las thing (and I appreciate this may need to go into another post or thread), but having imported this file and I can now see the chord progression (albeit with 2 repeated notes per bar), is there anyway to remove the contents of each bar without also deleting the chords associated with the bars?

Fingers crossed, there is.

Best regards,
Will

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• Feb 27, 2023 - 12:39

I can't seem to find an option for that under any of the menus.

Do you mean individually highlight and delete the notes? Or is there an option to highlight all the notes (select all) and then delete only the notes without also deleting the chords?

Thanks,
Will

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