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MUSICXML2LY(1)			 User Commands			MUSICXML2LY(1)

NAME
       musicxml2ly - manual page for musicxml2ly (LilyPond) 2.25.23

SYNOPSIS
       musicxml2ly [OPTION]... FILE

DESCRIPTION
       Convert FILE with MusicXML data to a LilyPond input file.

       By  default,  the  output  file	is  called  'FILE.ly'  for  input file
       'FILE.xml'.  If FILE is '-', read from standard	input  (and  write  to
       standard	output).

       If  FILE	 cannot	 be found, 'FILE.xml', 'FILE.musicxml',	and 'FILE.mxl'
       are also	tried as input files.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
	      show this	help and exit

       --version
	      show version number and exit

       -v, --verbose
	      be verbose

       --lxml obsolete

       -z, --compressed
	      input file is a compressed MusicXML file (by  default,  activate
	      if file extension	is .mxl)

       -r, --relative
	      convert pitches in relative mode (default)

       -a, --absolute
	      convert pitches in absolute mode

       -l, --language=LANG
	      use LANG for pitch names,	e.g., 'deutsch'	for note names in Ger-
	      man

       --loglevel=LOGLEVEL
	      Print  log  messages  according  to LOGLEVEL (NONE, ERROR, WARN,
	      PROGRESS (default), DEBUG)

       --oe, --ottavas-end-early=t[rue]/f[alse]
	      expect <octave-shift> end	elements before	the associated	<note>
	      (as in Finale). Default is f[alse]

       --nd, --no-articulation-directions
	      do  not convert directions (^, _ or -) for articulations,	dynam-
	      ics, etc.

       --nrp, --no-rest-positions
	      do not convert exact vertical positions of rests

       --nsb, --no-system-breaks
	      ignore system breaks

       --npb, --no-page-breaks
	      ignore page breaks

       --npm, --no-page-margins
	      ignore page margins

       --npl, --no-page-layout
	      do not convert the exact page layout and	breaks	(shortcut  for
	      "--nsb --npb --npm" options)

       --nsd, --no-stem-directions
	      ignore  stem  directions from MusicXML, use lilypond's automatic
	      stemming instead

       --ds, --dynamics-scale=FACTOR
	      scale <dynamics> elements	by  a  non-negative  FACTOR;  value  0
	      means to use lilypond's standard size for	dynamics

       --afs, --absolute-font-sizes
	      use  absolute font sizes in markup (default is to	use font sizes
	      based on score size)

       --nb, --no-beaming
	      do not convert beaming  information,  use	 lilypond's  automatic
	      beaming instead

       -o, --output=FILE
	      set output filename to FILE, stdout if -

       -m, --midi
	      activate midi-block in .ly file

       --transpose=TOPITCH
	      set  pitch  to  transpose	 by the	interval between pitch 'c' and
	      TOPITCH

       --sd, --shift-durations=VALUE
	      shift durations and time signatures by VALUE; for	example, value
	      -1 doubles all durations,	and value 1 halves them

       --sm, --shift-meter=BEATS/BEATTYPE
	      ignored; use `--shift-duration` instead

       --tc, --tab-clef=TABCLEFNAME
	      switch between two versions of tab clefs ("tab" and "moderntab")

       --sn, --string-numbers=t[rue]/f[alse]
	      control output of	string numbers;	value f[alse]  disables	 them.
	      Default is t[rue]

       --fb, --fretboards
	      convert  '<frame>' events	to a separate FretBoards voice instead
	      of markups

       --book put top-level score into '\book'

       --nt, --no-tagline
	      don't emit a LilyPond tagline

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs via bug-lilypond@gnu.org

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2005--2023	by

	      Han-Wen Nienhuys	<hanwen@xs4all.nl>,  Jan  Nieuwenhuizen	 <jan-
	      neke@gnu.org>,   Reinhold	  Kainhofer  <reinhold@kainhofer.com>,
	      Patrick L.  Schmidt  <pls@philomelos.net>,  and  Werner  Lemberg
	      <wl@gnu.org>

       This program is free software.  It is covered by	the GNU	General	Public
       License and you are welcome to change it	and/or distribute copies of it
       under certain conditions.  Invoke as `lilypond --warranty' for more in-
       formation.

SEE ALSO
       The  full documentation for musicxml2ly is maintained as	a Texinfo man-
       ual.  If	the info and musicxml2ly programs are  properly	 installed  at
       your site, the command

	      info musicxml2ly

       should give you access to the complete manual.

musicxml2ly (LilyPond) 2.25.23	   May 2025			MUSICXML2LY(1)

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