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.TH MIDI2LY "1" "November 2023" "midi2ly (LilyPond) 2.24.3" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
midi2ly \- manual page for midi2ly (LilyPond) 2.24.3
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B midi2ly
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... \fI\,FILE\/\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Convert MIDI to LilyPond input.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-absolute\-pitches\fR
print absolute pitches
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-duration\-quant\fR=\fI\,DUR\/\fR
quantise note durations on DUR
.TP
\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
debug printing
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-explicit\-durations\fR
print explicit durations
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-include\-header\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
prepend FILE to output
.TP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-key\fR=\fI\,ALT[\/\fR:MINOR]
set key: ALT=+sharps|\-flats; MINOR=1
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
write output to FILE
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-preview\fR
preview of first 4 bars
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
suppress progress messages and warnings about excess
voices
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-start\-quant\fR=\fI\,DUR\/\fR
quantise note starts on DUR
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-skip\fR
use s instead of r for rests
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-allow\-tuplet\fR=\fI\,DUR\/\fR*NUM/DEN
allow tuplet durations DUR*NUM/DEN
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
be verbose
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
show version number and exit
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-warranty\fR
show warranty and copyright
.TP
\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-text\-lyrics\fR
treat every text as a lyric
.SH EXAMPLES
.IP
\f(CW$ midi2ly --key=-2:1 --duration-quant=32 --allow-tuplet=4*2/3 --allow-tuplet=2*4/3 foo.midi\fR
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs via bug\-lilypond@gnu.org
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B midi2ly
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B midi2ly
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info midi2ly
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.