MusicXML Tab Notation

Definition

MusicXML representation of guitar/bass tablature using <technical><string/><fret/></technical> elements within <note> elements. Specifies which string and fret to play for each note, in addition to standard pitch notation.

Key Ideas

• <technical> sub-element of <note> carries instrument-specific performance data.
• <string> = string number (1 = highest pitch)
• <fret> = fret number (0 = open string)
• Enables round-trip: transcription model output -> MusicXML -> rendered tab in MuseScore/GuitarPro
• Bridge between audio-domain transcription and human-readable guitar tablature

Relationships

• Output format for ../entities/tabcnn
• Consumed by ../entities/musescore-cli, ../entities/music21
• Connects to ../entities/guitarset — ground truth annotations in similar format

Sources

None ingested yet — seed batch setup.