musicxml2ly

[Martin Tarenskeen]

Hi,

There have been many requests from several people for Lilypond-to-MusicXML 
conversion. I am not going to repeat that question.

We do have a musicxml2ly script. I have tried it with many example xml and 
mxl files from here:

http://www.makemusic.com/musicxml/music/example-set

and here:

http://www.wikifonia.org/

And the lilypond results are sometimes not quite perfect - which is 
acceptable - but sometimes really bad or even useless.

The good news is that in many cases only a little editing of the .ly file 
is required to turn a bad conversion into a good one. For example, all 
lead sheets from Wikifonia that I have tried have the Chords printed below 
instead of above the staff.

The MakeMusic/Recordare example set reveals some more serious problems 
like wrong stem directions, duplicated text and dynamic markings, 
collisions.

Is anyone currently actively working on musicxml2ly ?
Does it help if I write a more detailed description of errors I encounter 
when I try to convert real life examples of MusicXML files? Or are many 
problems already known?

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MT