5 quaters per 4/4 measure

[Menu Jacques]

Hello folks,

The Binchois.xml example by Recordare has 5 quater notes in a 4/4 measure (stemless by the way).

Is this a « bug » in this MusicXML file, and if not, is there a way to produce that with LP? 

I know I can use a hidden 5/4 time signature while diplaying a 4/4 one, but that’s not that satisfying…

Or maybe the absence of stems is the key to that? But I found nothing in the LP docs.

You can see below how Finale 2014 handles that.

BTW, it looks like some features of MusicXML are derived from the capabilities of Finale, such as interlaced part groups (as opposed to strictly embedded ones). Mike Good admitted on a Forum 10 years after that had been devised that he knew of no score requiring such interlacing. 

It’s also in such a forum that I learned that the « default-x » attribute had to be used to find how the interlacing works, i.e. that a horizontal positioning field for a page element also contains crucial MusicXML data information.

Thanks for your help!

JM

  <!--=========================================================-->
  <part id="P1">
    <measure number="1" width="216">
      <print>
        <system-layout>
          <top-system-distance>300</top-system-distance>
        </system-layout>
      </print>
      <attributes>
        <divisions>8</divisions>
        <key>
          <fifths>-1</fifths>
          <mode>major</mode>
        </key>
        <clef>
          <sign>F</sign>
          <line>4</line>
        </clef>
      </attributes>
      <sound tempo="60"/>
      <direction placement="above">
        <direction-type>
          <words default-y="46" relative-x="-37">Chorus</words>
        </direction-type>
      </direction>
      <note default-x="74">
        <pitch>
          <step>C</step>
          <octave>4</octave>
        </pitch>
        <duration>8</duration>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>quarter</type>
        <stem>none</stem>
        <lyric default-y="-66" number="1">
          <syllabic>begin</syllabic>
          <text>Ma</text>
        </lyric>
      </note>
      <note default-x="103">
        <pitch>
          <step>D</step>
          <octave>4</octave>
        </pitch>
        <duration>8</duration>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>quarter</type>
        <stem>none</stem>
        <lyric default-y="-66" number="1">
          <syllabic>middle</syllabic>
          <text>gni</text>
        </lyric>
      </note>
      <note default-x="129">
        <pitch>
          <step>C</step>
          <octave>4</octave>
        </pitch>
        <duration>8</duration>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>quarter</type>
        <stem>none</stem>
        <notations>
          <slur number="1" placement="above" type="start"/>
        </notations>
        <lyric default-y="-66" justify="left" number="1">
          <syllabic>middle</syllabic>
          <text>fi</text>
        </lyric>
      </note>
      <note default-x="158">
        <pitch>
          <step>F</step>
          <octave>4</octave>
        </pitch>
        <duration>8</duration>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>quarter</type>
        <stem>none</stem>
        <notations>
          <slur number="1" type="stop"/>
        </notations>
      </note>
      <note default-x="185">
        <pitch>
          <step>F</step>
          <octave>4</octave>
        </pitch>
        <duration>8</duration>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>quarter</type>
        <stem>none</stem>
        <lyric default-y="-66" number="1">
          <syllabic>end</syllabic>
          <text>cat</text>
        </lyric>
      </note>
    </measure>
    <!--=======================================================-->
    <measure number="2" width="217 »>