Importing MusicXml Files
The forums say that you can import music XML files like normal mscz files but this is not the case. An in depth response would be appreciated...
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Never mind I figured it out but for anybody needing help what I did was save it as a .musicxml file and when I opened Finale I then saved it as .mxl (which is basically a compressed .musicxml file) and clicked open with, then other apps, then muse score (3 in my case), and then I made sure that there were no invade characters (!@#$%^&*() space and others like that) opened it in muse score 3 and downloaded it as a .mscz file and uploaded it.
In reply to Never mind I figured it out… by SpartanAlpha820
I don't know much about Finale since I've never used it, but there seems to be something wrong with Finale musicxml files though I can't confirm this. Most people in these forums who say they imported a file from Finale have used mxl.
In reply to Never mind I figured it out… by SpartanAlpha820
Finale may want the older .xml extension for uncompressed MusicXML. A simple rename would do in that case.
See also #271445: Include .xml suffix for export
See #271647:Importing MusicXML files.
Instead of "importing" a
.musicXMLfile, you can just open it like any.mscxor.msczfile:just click menu
File/Open...and select the.musicXMLfile.In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by jack-mac
That s basically is an import, it is treated differently as opening a (post 3.5) mscz file, in that it marks the file 'dirty', unsaved
In reply to That s basically is an… by Jojo-Schmitz
You're absolutely right ! It's definitively an import, since it creates a new score by interpreting the contents of the
.musicXMLfile.Actually I've had the exact same question as SpartanAlpha820: I wanted to know how to "see" the contents of a
.musicXMLfile and this is how I came across this thread... and later I decided to add the answer I would have liked to find here (in case someone else has the same question (as they do on stackoverflow)) !Maybe I should rephrase my answer as:
Though there is a
File/Import PDF...menu item, there is no explicitimport musicXMLmenu item.Instead, if you want to "import" a
.musicXMLfile, just click menuFile/Open...and select the.musicXMLfile.Musescore will read the contents of the
.musicXMLfile and create a score to be saved as a.msczfile or exported as a.musicXMLfile.