A lyrics syllable can have both
a ‘number’ and a ‘name’ attribute. The question is: What should be
used to put syllables of the same voice together? This example uses
different combinations of ‘number’ and ‘name’ attributes to check how
different applications handle this unspecified case. (The advice on
the MusicXML mailing list was “there is no correct way, each
application can do what it thinks is best.”)
The following combinations are tested, shown as (‘number’, ‘name’,
<text>) tuplets in the order given in the MusicXML file; missing
entries are indicated with ‘—’.
Note 1: (1, Verse, Verse1A), (1, Chorus, Chorus1A), (1, Chorus,
AnotherChorus1A), (2, Chorus, Chorus2A).
Note 2: (1, —, 1B), (2, —, 2B).
Note 3: (1, Verse, Verse1C), (2, Chorus, Chorus2C).
Note 4: (1, Chorus, Chorus1D).
Note 5: (—, Verse, VerseE).
Note 6: (—, —, NoneF).MusicXML Part10majorG2G411quartersingleVerse1AsingleChorus1AsingleAnotherChorus1AsingleChorus2AG411quartersingle1Bsingle2BG411quartersingleVerse1CsingleChorus2CG411quartersingleChorus1DG411quartersingleVerseEG411quartersingleNoneFlight-heavy