Re: mma format to ly format?

Carl Sorensen <[email protected]> Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:16:31 -0600

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On Sun, Jun 28, 2026, 10:36 AM David Topham <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanka Lucas, but I don't think midi2ly creates the chord names from the
> midi file; just the individual notes.
> I was hoping to not have to manually retype those chords.
> Just an idea...
> I think I can parse the mma to get chords, then create the ly file. I
> imagine someone has already done that, but I think I can use awk and lots
> of conversion rules.
>

The ChordNames context will automatically create Chord Names from chird
pitches.  If you get the pitches out of the mma file, LilyPond can create
the chord names.

Carl

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