diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4fe207e..79311c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -152,6 +152,164 @@ if (asserts.isTiedNote(noteVariation)) {
 }
 ```
 
+### End-to-end Example
+
+This example renders MusicXML for a single measure with an image of a single measure with a C/4 whole note.
+
+![image of a single measure with a C/4 whole note](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7480ec5e-2aac-4653-86e3-2717ecfca8c2)
+
+You can validate the MusicXML on https://vexml.dev.
+
+```ts
+const musicXml = MusicXML.createPartwise();
+
+musicXml
+  .getRoot()
+  .setPartList(
+    new elements.PartList({
+      contents: [
+        new Array<elements.PartGroup>(),
+        new elements.ScorePart({
+          attributes: { id: 'P1' },
+          contents: [
+            null, // elements.Identification
+            new Array<elements.PartLink>(),
+            new elements.PartName({ contents: ['Part 1'] }),
+            null, // elements.PartNameDisplay
+            null, // elements.PartAbbreviation
+            null, // elements.PartAbbreviationDisplay
+            new Array<elements.Group>(),
+            new Array<elements.ScoreInstrument>(),
+            new Array<elements.Player>(),
+            new Array<elements.MidiDevice | elements.MidiInstrument>(),
+          ],
+        }),
+        new Array<elements.PartGroup | elements.ScorePart>(),
+      ],
+    })
+  )
+  .setParts([
+    new elements.PartPartwise({
+      attributes: { id: 'P1' },
+    }).setMeasures([
+      new elements.MeasurePartwise({
+        attributes: { number: '1' },
+        contents: [
+          [
+            new elements.Attributes({
+              attributes: { divisions: 1 },
+              contents: [
+                null, // elements.Footnote
+                null, // elements.Level
+                null, // elements.Divisions
+                new Array<elements.Key>(),
+                new Array<elements.Time>(
+                  new elements.Time({
+                    contents: [
+                      [
+                        [
+                          [
+                            new elements.Beats({
+                              contents: ['4'],
+                            }),
+                            new elements.BeatType({
+                              contents: ['4'],
+                            }),
+                          ],
+                        ],
+                        null,
+                      ],
+                    ],
+                  })
+                ),
+                null, // elements.Staves
+                null, // elements.PartSymbol
+                null, // elements.Instruments
+                new Array<elements.Clef>(),
+                new Array<elements.StaffDetails>(),
+                new Array<elements.Transpose>(),
+                new Array<elements.Directive>(),
+                new Array<elements.MeasureStyle>(),
+              ],
+            }),
+            new elements.Note({
+              contents: [
+                [
+                  null, // elements.TiedNote
+                  new elements.Pitch({
+                    contents: [
+                      new elements.Step({
+                        contents: ['C'],
+                      }),
+                      null, // elements.Alter
+                      new elements.Octave({
+                        contents: [4],
+                      }),
+                    ],
+                  }),
+                  new elements.Duration({
+                    contents: [4],
+                  }),
+                  [], // elements.Tie,
+                ],
+                new Array<elements.Instrument>(),
+                null, // elements.Footnote
+                null, // elements.Level
+                null, // elements.Voice
+                null, // elements.Type
+                new Array<elements.Dot>(),
+                null, // elements.Accidental
+                null, // elements.TimeModification
+                null, // elements.Stem
+                null, // elements.Notehead
+                null, // elements.NoteheadText
+                null, // elements.Staff
+                [], // elements.Beam
+                new Array<elements.Notations>(),
+                new Array<elements.Lyric>(),
+                null, // elements.Play
+                null, // elements.Listen
+              ],
+            }),
+          ],
+        ],
+      }),
+    ]),
+  ]);
+
+console.log(musicXml.serialize());
+```
+
+which logs the following MusicXML:
+
+```xml
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<score-partwise version="4.0">
+  <part-list>
+    <score-part id="P1">
+      <part-name>Part 1</part-name>
+    </score-part>
+  </part-list>
+  <part id="P1">
+    <measure number="1">
+      <attributes>
+        <time>
+          <beats>4</beats>
+          <beat-type>4</beat-type>
+        </time>
+      </attributes>
+      <note>
+        <pitch>
+          <step>C</step>
+          <octave>4</octave>
+        </pitch>
+        <duration>4</duration>
+      </note>
+    </measure>
+  </part>
+</score-partwise>
+```
+
 ## 💻 Development
 
 ### Prerequisites
diff --git a/src/MusicXML.test.ts b/src/MusicXML.test.ts
index 68de667..eb6c19f 100644
--- a/src/MusicXML.test.ts
+++ b/src/MusicXML.test.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,150 @@ describe('MusicXML', () => {
       expect(note.getStaff()).not.toBeNull();
       expect(note.getStaff()!.getValue()).toBe(4);
     });
+
+    it('creates a document with a single measure and a single note', () => {
+      const musicXml = MusicXML.createPartwise();
+
+      musicXml
+        .getRoot()
+        .setPartList(
+          new elements.PartList({
+            contents: [
+              new Array<elements.PartGroup>(),
+              new elements.ScorePart({
+                attributes: { id: 'P1' },
+                contents: [
+                  null, // elements.Identification
+                  new Array<elements.PartLink>(),
+                  new elements.PartName({ contents: ['Part 1'] }),
+                  null, // elements.PartNameDisplay
+                  null, // elements.PartAbbreviation
+                  null, // elements.PartAbbreviationDisplay
+                  new Array<elements.Group>(),
+                  new Array<elements.ScoreInstrument>(),
+                  new Array<elements.Player>(),
+                  new Array<elements.MidiDevice | elements.MidiInstrument>(),
+                ],
+              }),
+              new Array<elements.PartGroup | elements.ScorePart>(),
+            ],
+          })
+        )
+        .setParts([
+          new elements.PartPartwise({
+            attributes: { id: 'P1' },
+          }).setMeasures([
+            new elements.MeasurePartwise({
+              attributes: { number: '1' },
+              contents: [
+                [
+                  new elements.Attributes({
+                    attributes: { divisions: 1 },
+                    contents: [
+                      null, // elements.Footnote
+                      null, // elements.Level
+                      null, // elements.Divisions
+                      new Array<elements.Key>(),
+                      new Array<elements.Time>(
+                        new elements.Time({
+                          contents: [
+                            [
+                              [
+                                [
+                                  new elements.Beats({
+                                    contents: ['4'],
+                                  }),
+                                  new elements.BeatType({
+                                    contents: ['4'],
+                                  }),
+                                ],
+                              ],
+                              null,
+                            ],
+                          ],
+                        })
+                      ),
+                      null, // elements.Staves
+                      null, // elements.PartSymbol
+                      null, // elements.Instruments
+                      new Array<elements.Clef>(),
+                      new Array<elements.StaffDetails>(),
+                      new Array<elements.Transpose>(),
+                      new Array<elements.Directive>(),
+                      new Array<elements.MeasureStyle>(),
+                    ],
+                  }),
+                  new elements.Note({
+                    contents: [
+                      [
+                        null, // elements.TiedNote
+                        new elements.Pitch({
+                          contents: [
+                            new elements.Step({
+                              contents: ['C'],
+                            }),
+                            null, // elements.Alter
+                            new elements.Octave({
+                              contents: [4],
+                            }),
+                          ],
+                        }),
+                        new elements.Duration({
+                          contents: [4],
+                        }),
+                        [], // elements.Tie,
+                      ],
+                      new Array<elements.Instrument>(),
+                      null, // elements.Footnote
+                      null, // elements.Level
+                      null, // elements.Voice
+                      null, // elements.Type
+                      new Array<elements.Dot>(),
+                      null, // elements.Accidental
+                      null, // elements.TimeModification
+                      null, // elements.Stem
+                      null, // elements.Notehead
+                      null, // elements.NoteheadText
+                      null, // elements.Staff
+                      [], // elements.Beam
+                      new Array<elements.Notations>(),
+                      new Array<elements.Lyric>(),
+                      null, // elements.Play
+                      null, // elements.Listen
+                    ],
+                  }),
+                ],
+              ],
+            }),
+          ]),
+        ]);
+
+      expect(musicXml.serialize()).toBe(`<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<score-partwise version="4.0">
+  <part-list>
+    <score-part id="P1">
+      <part-name>Part 1</part-name>
+    </score-part>
+  </part-list>
+  <part id="P1">
+    <measure number="1">
+      <attributes>
+        <time>
+          <beats>4</beats>
+          <beat-type>4</beat-type>
+        </time>
+      </attributes>
+      <note>
+        <pitch>
+          <step>C</step>
+          <octave>4</octave>
+        </pitch>
+        <duration>4</duration>
+      </note>
+    </measure>
+  </part>
+</score-partwise>`);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('parse', () => {