mup2mma(1)

📦 version 21.09, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 mup2mma — bestie edition 💖

okay so you found the mup2mma(1) manual page, and honestly? it's giving "tiny script, huge slay." it's a lil command-line cutie that turns your MUP music notation files into MMA files, and we're gonna walk through it together. grab a snack. 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

mup2mma — create an MMA file using the chords from a MUP music notation file. that's the whole job. she does one thing and she does it. periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

mup2mma [options] <mupfile>

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the vibe: mup2mma goes through a MUP music notation file, scoops out the chords, and builds you an MMA file. iconic behaviour, truly. 🎀

but — and this is the important part, bestie — for that to work, your MUP file must use the macro "C" for chords. no C, no chords, no file. that's the deal.

in the author's own MUP files, the definition looks like this:

define C bold (11) chord above all: @

and what does the script actually do with that? it's lowkey simple: it checks all the input lines and assumes that anything starting with "C" is a chord line. that's it. that's the whole detection system. 😭

there are also some additional "features" (scare quotes are the author's, not mine, and I respect the honesty):

  • lines in the form "// TEMPO: xx" generate a Tempo entry
  • "time =" lines are parsed for common time signatures
  • repeats are inserted as comment lines

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -m — add melody lines
  • -l — add lyrics
  • -o — overwrite

three little flags, all lowercase, all cute, all useful. 🫶

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

✨ RESOURCES ✨

the latest version of this program is always distributed with MMA, and it's available at http://www.mellowood.ca/mma. go get the fresh one, don't be running dusty software. 🌈

✨ AUTHOR ✨

Bob van der Poel <bob@mellowood.ca> — the legend himself. 👑

✨ LICENSE ✨

mup2mma is Copyright 2002-2008 Bob van der Poel. free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

that's a real license with real terms, bestie, so read it before you go wild. GNU GPL, no cap. 📜

okay that's the whole page!! and a lil sign-off from the original: this version of the page is dated 2015-09-17, from the mup2mma(1) manual. 💖 thanks for reading, go make some music, you ate. 🎀🦋✨

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