Re: Lilypond to MusicXML

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Lilypond's MIDI output can work as a viable intermediate step, depending on
the complexity of the music. Requires subsequent manual inspection for
enharmonic misspellings.

On Thu, 23 July 2026, 1:59=E2=80=AFpm Werner LEMBERG, <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> > Just learned of MusicXML and I see there is a command line utility
> > for importing MusicXML files to Lilypond.
> >
> > Is there a utility to export Lilypond to MusicXML [...]
>
> Not really.  However, have a look at
>
>   https://codeberg.org/tinapetzel/ly-mxml
>
> This project aims to create a MusicXML backend for LilyPond.  It's
> still in its infancy, though.
>
>
>     Werner
>
>

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<div dir=3D"auto">Lilypond&#39;s MIDI output can work as a viable intermedi=
ate step, depending on the complexity of the music. Requires subsequent man=
ual inspection for enharmonic misspellings.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, 23=
 July 2026, 1:59=E2=80=AFpm Werner LEMBERG, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
g">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty=
le=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
&gt; Just learned of MusicXML and I see there is a command line utility<br>
&gt; for importing MusicXML files to Lilypond.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Is there a utility to export Lilypond to MusicXML [...]<br>
<br>
Not really.=C2=A0 However, have a look at<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://codeberg.org/tinapetzel/ly-mxml" rel=3D"noreferre=
r noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://codeberg.org/tinapetzel/ly-mxml</a>=
<br>
<br>
This project aims to create a MusicXML backend for LilyPond.=C2=A0 It&#39;s=
<br>
still in its infancy, though.<br>
<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Werner<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>

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