Re: musicxml2ly

[Richard Shann]

On Sat, 2015-02-07 at 10:35 +0100, Jan-Peter Voigt wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> 
> I installed Denemo on my ubuntu workstation and it did import the 
> xml-file - even with the wrong work-information. The exported lilypond 
> file seems to be fine for me, except the lyrics are missing?

yes, lyrics are not done (you can paste lyrics into Denemo anyway, so I
haven't been motivated to do it).


> 
> I will have a deeper look at it.

Things to watch out for: 
if it is doing repeats it will likely not use the nice \repeat volta 2
{} \alternative {} etc syntax but more primitive LilyPond constructs.
Denemo itself can generate the nicer LilyPond syntax when you enter
music by hand, but it would be tricky to generate that from musicXML.
Change of time signatures, anacrusis - these may need tidying up
(re-barring etc).
Missing constructs (ottava for instance).
In the end, Denemo succeeded here because it is being far less
ambitious, it is primarily aiming to save you having to type all the
notes and their durations again.

Richard



> 
> For now
> best,
> Jan-Peter
> 
> Am 06.02.2015 um 13:08 schrieb Richard Shann:
> > On Fri, 2015-02-06 at 11:57 +0100, Jan-Peter Voigt wrote:
> >> Hi list,
> >> ...
> > I'm very interested in musicxml output created by programs other than
> > finale, as the musicxml specification is open to a very wide
> > interpretation.
> > If you send me a failing example I would like to test importing to
> > LilyPond via Denemo. I should warn, though, that this is unlikely to be
> > of real benefit to you directly as this import to Denemo is pretty
> > basic. (The plus side of this is that it may work where more
> > sophisticated imports gag on less common syntax/semantics).
>