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these timing errors, but is not very good at this. It is therefore not recommended to use midi2ly
for human-generated midi files.
It is invoked from the command-line as follows,
midi2ly [option]... midi-file
Note that by ‘command-line’, we mean the command line of the operating system.
Section 4.3 [Converting from other formats], page 40, for more information about this.
The following options are supported by midi2ly.
-a, --absolute-pitches
Print absolute pitches.
-d, --duration-quant=DUR
Quantize note durations on DUR.
-e, --explicit-durations
Print explicit durations.
-h, --help
Show summary of usage.
-k, --key=acc[:minor]
Set default key. acc > 0 sets number of sharps; acc < 0 sets number of flats. A
minor key is indicated by :1.
-o, --output=file
Write output to file.
-s, --start-quant=DUR
Quantize note starts on DUR.
-t, --allow-tuplet=DUR*NUM/DEN
Allow tuplet durations DUR*NUM/DEN.
-v, --verbose
Be verbose.
-V, --version
Print version number.
-w, --warranty
Show warranty and copyright.
-x, --text-lyrics
Treat every text as a lyric.
Known issues and warnings
Overlapping notes in an arpeggio will not be correctly rendered. The first note will be read and
the others will be ignored. Set them all to a single duration and add phrase markings or pedal
indicators.
4.3.2 Invoking musicxml2ly
MusicXML is an XML dialect for representing music notation.
musicxml2ly extracts the notes, articulations, score structure, lyrics, etc. from part-wise
MusicXML files, and writes them to a ‘.ly’ file. It is invoked from the command-line.
It is invoked from the command-line as follows,
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