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Re: Converting lilypond to music xml
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Johan Vromans |
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Re: Converting lilypond to music xml |
Date: |
25 Aug 2008 08:56:40 +0200 |
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Alastair Irving <address@hidden> writes:
> I'd be very surprised if this hasn't been asked before, but searches
> of the archives haven't turned up anything useful. Is there any way
> of converting lilypond files into music xml? If not, are there any
> plans for such a tool?
>
> I use software to convert music into Braille, and it only accepts
> input in xml. Currently, my only method is to do OCR on the pdf
> output and then correct any errors, which seems rather ludicrous.
Would the following be an acceptable workaround (for the time being):
- produce MIDI with LilyPond
- use Rosegarden to import the MIDI, and export MusicXML
It's probably not perfect, but may be easier and give better reults
than OCRing the PDF...
-- Johan
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