1) If you manage to open the .ly-file with MuseScore you can export
to MusicXML and then import the .xml-file with Finale.
2) You could use PDFtoMusic. The software converts PDFs (no scans) to
MusicXML but it's not perfect and it's commercial. You might have to
edit/correct the output in Finale.
3) Audiveris is an open source scanning software with musicxml-export
but it might be tedious to obtain a good/satisfying result.
patrick
Am 22.06.2010 um 12:54 schrieb Urs Liska:
Dear list,
I have a very annoying question.
Please don't blame me for anything but just help me or not.
I will have to somehow convert a LilyPond score to Finale :-( and
would like to know if there is an acceptable solution for the task
(well, even the task itself isn't acceptable ...)
The background is that I am offered to release a score for a major
publishing house but they won't use my LilyPond files (which partly
makes sense because the piece will eventually be published in a
Complete Edition, and of course it should be the same as the other
pieces).
[Of course it is way out of scope trying to talk them into using
LilyPond for the rest as well. So this is not a usable answer]
I don't have to provide a really printable file, but basically it
should contain all the music and look somewhat correct.
My idea would be trying to export/import via midi file, so I would
have at least the notes in Finale. I think the music isn't very
complex, so this might even work to some extent.
But are there solutions that could transfer more information more
reliably to a finale file. Probably via some intermediate programs/
file formats?
I see several more or less working solutions to convert music to
LilyPond (which is what makes sense...) but not the other direction.
Any help or hints are highly appreciated. If I won't be able to
provide a Finale file, the edition won't be published :-(
Best
Urs
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