[abcusers] Manipulating note and measure length in midi2abc?

[Joyce Wilson]

What methods are best for specifying note and measure length for music 
converted from midi with midi2abc?  I have not had a lot of success with 
that.  It's ok if the music comes out with really short notes-- I can 
fix that by hand (or with abc2abc) very easily.  What is more of a 
problem is when all the measures are double length (that is, each 
measure has two measures-worth of notes in it)-- fixing that by hand 
seems like more hassle than doing all the data-entry manually.  I 
haven't had success using -b to specify the number of bars I want, even 
in a simple case where there are no repeats and I know I'm getting the 
number of bars right.  By specifying a fast tempo with -Q I can 
sometimes force a smaller number of notes per measure, but it doesn't 
always work the way I want.  I know there is a way to halve or double 
note lengths with abc2abc, but I don't know of a way to change measure 
length.  If there is a way, I'd be delighted to know about it!

Thanks,
Joyce Wilson
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