On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Laura Conrad <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>> "Frédéric" == Frédéric Bron <[email protected]> writes: > > Frédéric> A friend of mine is used to Finale. I try to convert him > Frédéric> to lilypond. What is the best way to convert a score > Frédéric> from Finale to Lilypond? Regards, > > What *ought* to be the best way is to have Finale save the file as a > MusicXML file, and then use musicxml2ly to convert it. > > I don't have any experience with doing this -- the Finale users I know > refuse to find options in the Finale menus. If you want to try it > out, there do seem to be some MusicXML files on the Werner Icking > I've done this probably a dozen times (exporting from Finale and converting to .ly) and it works pretty well. There are some things to clean up (duplicated dynamic markings, for example) but overall it works a lot better than one might expect. Jon -- Jonathan Kulp http://www.jonathankulp.com
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