MIDI2LY(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for midi2ly — specifically midi2ly (LilyPond) 2.26.0, hanging out in the User Commands section. It does the MIDI-to-LilyPond glow-up, and we're gonna go through every single flag together. no skips. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

midi2ly [OPTION]... FILE

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Convert MIDI to LilyPond input. That's the whole main-character job. ✨

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

• -a, --absolute-pitches — print absolute pitches
• -d, --duration-quant=DUR — quantise note durations on DUR
• -D, --debug — debug printing
• -e, --explicit-durations — print explicit durations
• -h, --help — show this help and exit
• -i, --include-header=FILE — prepend FILE to output
• -k, --key=ALT[:MINOR] — set key: ALT=+sharps|-flats; MINOR=1
• -o, --output=FILE — write output to FILE
• -p, --preview — preview of first 4 bars
• -q, --quiet — suppress progress messages and warnings about excess voices
• -s, --start-quant=DUR — quantise note starts on DUR
• -S, --skip — use s instead of r for rests
• -t, --allow-tuplet=DUR*NUM/DEN — allow tuplet durations DUR*NUM/DEN
• -V, --verbose — be verbose
• --version — show version number and exit
• -w, --warranty — show warranty and copyright
• -x, --text-lyrics — treat every text as a lyric

🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

okay this is the moment, bestie — the little command flex:

$ midi2ly --key=-2:1 --duration-quant=32 --allow-tuplet=4*2/3 --allow-tuplet=2*4/3 foo.midi

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

Report bugs via bug-lilypond@gnu.org. fr fr, that's the address. 📬

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The full documentation for midi2ly is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and midi2ly programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info midi2ly

should give you access to the complete manual. iykyk, the full lore is in there. 👑

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mwah 💋 this page is midi2ly (LilyPond) 2.26.0, dated May 2026 — that's the footer energy, bestie. 🫶