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MUSICXML2LY(1) User Commands MUSICXML2LY(1) NAME musicxml2ly - manual page for musicxml2ly (LilyPond) 2.27.1 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 German --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, dynamics, 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 stem- ming 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 --cp, --credit-page=N use <credit> information from page N to fill the fields of the \header block. Default is value 1 --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. De- fault 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--2026 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 Li- cense and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Invoke as `lilypond --warranty' for more information. SEE ALSO The full documentation for musicxml2ly is maintained as a Texinfo manual. 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) 2.27.1 August 2026 MUSICXML2LY(1)
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