I noticed that Dorico does not behave as I would expect it when importing a MusicXML file with a guitar and a specified capo.
In my musicxml I specified a capo on fret 4 and I specified the string and fret numbers for each note in the tab staff taking the capo fret 4 as the new 0 point.
What I would expect:
Dorico displays a hint above the staff that a capo is used on fret 4. The fret numbers in the tab staff are exactly the ones I specified in musicxml, so they also treat fret 4 as the new 0 point.
Actual behaviour:
Dorico does not display a capo hint above the staff and it takes my fret numbers from musicxml and adds the capo value (+4) to it. So it treats the whole thing as if no capo is used, the corresponding pitch is still correct.
Does anyone have any information about this behaviour?
I don’t know whether the musicXML specifications consider any capo at all (Edit: It does actually).
But you can set the capo in Setup Mode > (left)click on the instrument > Edit Strings and Tuning
I checked the settings and couldn’t find anything that would solve this. I guess it’s just something that’s still missing in Dorico’s implementation.
Yes, Dorico doesn’t support the <capo> element at present. At the time our MusicXML import was implemented there weren’t many (any?) exporters that supported it either - could I ask what application created the MusicXML file you’re trying to import.
Thanks for the information. The file was created programmatically. We have a self written converter in python that converts our own format into musicXML
