Back to the MusicXML future

I've implemented the start of MusicXML analysis in THoTH. I was using a component called SimpleXML to parse the MusicXML, but it provided no help and no examples. I switched to NativeXML, which has good help and good examples.

I used BrookWestSample.XML from Recordare as my test MusicXML file. I parse the file, pull out the chords, create a chord object for each one, with root, chord type, measure, and full chord name, then insert the chord object into a list. Then I can traverse the list for analysis and/or printing.

I need to map the MusicXML chord types to chord types that are more usefull to me. Then, with slight changes, I can use my analysis engine on the chord list, and, as I did in the previous version of THoTH, both update the song record in the database, and show the analysis.

The advantage is that a user who can export MusicXML from, say, Finale or Sibelius, can use the THoTH analysis. Still some work to do to make it user-friendly, but it's getting there.