MNX Adrian has created issue #284 with four possible approaches for encoding multi-bar rests in MNX. Some of the approaches use the new layouts system in MNX more than others, and the choice of proposal will probably come down to … Continue reading →

MNX Adrian has begun working on encoding multi-bar rests in MNX in service of issue #34, and will create a new issue with his proposal and one or two example documents within the next couple of days. We will be … Continue reading →

Community Group meeting: Thursday 15 September 2022 We have had confirmation from the organisers of TPAC 2022 that the Music Notation Community Group meeting will take place as part of the conference proceedings on Thursday 15 September 2022 at 0800 … Continue reading →

MNX The co-chairs had a productive discussion to guide the initial proposals for issue #34, concerning the differences between score and part layouts. Adrian had identified five specific areas that should certainly be considered: note spelling; stem direction; initial clefs; … Continue reading →

MNX Pull request #282 which addresses the proposal for styling of MNX elements (issue #263) has been merged. You can read the specification for the style element here, and Adrian has also provided some examples of styling: Basic styling Styling … Continue reading →

MNX At our last meeting we asked for feedback from the community concerning the proposed change to the styling proposal to unify the element and class attributes for the style element (pull request #282). The feedback we received was positive, … Continue reading →

MNX Pull request #282 concerning the proposals for styling (issue #263) continues to attract some good feedback. In particular, Samuel Bradshaw suggested that instead of using separate attributes for element and class, MNX could instead use a single selector attribute … Continue reading →

MNX The co-chairs would welcome some more feedback on pull request #282, which has as yet attracted surprisingly little engagement from the community. This is an important aspect of the MNX specification, and we want to be sure that the community … Continue reading →

In-person Community Group meetings It was recently announced that Musikmesse 2022, which had been scheduled for 29 April–1 May 2022, has been cancelled, and the B2B part of the fair has been cancelled permanently. The co-chairs are considering some alternative … Continue reading →

MusicXML 4.0 We have now implemented the GitHub Discussions feature for the MusicXML repository as agreed at the last co-chair meeting. If you have any questions about MusicXML, or any announcements about products adding support for MusicXML, please make use … Continue reading →