Re: Questions From a New User

[Martin Tarenskeen]

> MIDI output from LilyPond is usually the way one would be able to listen to 
> their score.
>
> While MusicXML can be converted *to* LilyPond, the reverse is not possible to 
> my knowledge.  There is an open issue [2] filed requesting a MusicXML backend 
> to LilyPond, which would enable it to output that format.
>
> [2]: https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/665

There have been attempts to export lilypond *to* MusicXML:

        https://github.com/Philomelos/lilypond-ly2musicxml

But last commit was 8 years ago I think. Maybe there are more recent 
attempts going on elsewhere?

More usabable is the MusicXML export that is 
provided by python-ly using the ly command, but it is still quite buggy.

        https://python-ly.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command.html

Frescobaldi uses python-ly and has an "export as MusicXML" option, but you 
first have to enable experimental features in the preferences to see the 
option.

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MT