[MusicTlk] Looking for a way to convert Ultimate Guitar PDF to XML to use with Lime Software

[Ella Yu]

Hi Beth, My recommendation is, if at all possible, and I know this is not
always possible, find an editable notation file, even if it is the full
score of all parts, open it in the appropriate program, extract XML of just
your part, and then run through GOODFEEL. I'm not sure how Ultimate Guitar
works for non-guitar stuff, would you mind giving me a link to something
you want so I can check it out? The site might not be the most accessible
in the first place, which is a whole other problem.

On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM Beth Gustin, LPC <bethglpc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My understanding is ultimate guitar has piano as well as guitar. I’m
> looking more for the piano or the horn sections of Music scores. I believe
> you can just select a part such as horn section or piano score, and just
> print that to a PDF. So my hope is I can use that and change it into a file
> I can read in braille. I will look further file format though, as I have
> not seen others.
> I agree you cannot convert guitar tabs to braille. But I’m hoping the
> other instruments will work. I don’t play guitar. I play trumpet and sing
> and some piano.
>
> I’m hoping to find a way to be able to hold my own more quickly with the
> band. They like to site read a lot of songs and I know that is something I
> cannot do.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Beth.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Nov 7, 2025, at 2:19 PM, Ella Yu via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > I've never used Ultimate Guitar, but it should have formats other than
> PDF
> > if I recall correctly. There should be an editable Guitar Pro format or
> the
> > like, and I believe MuseScore notation software can open Guitar Pro
> files.
> > Still, I do not believe Lime/GOODFEEL or any well-known MusicXML to
> braille
> > program can convert guitar tablature to braille, as guitar tab is a
> totally
> > different ball game from standard sheet music. If Ultimate Guitar does
> have
> > standard staff notation, then you'll somehow need to convert the Guitar
> Pro
> > files or equivalent to MusicXML and that requires a program other than
> the
> > GOODFEEL suite. I hope this helps.
> >
> >> On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM Beth Gustin via MusicTlk <
> >> musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I am back with yet another question. I am demoing The Feel Good Suite of
> >> software, and the band members I play with use Ultimate Guitar when
> >> practicing. I noticed all the downloadable scores are in PDF. Is there a
> >> way to convert them to XML to use with Lime? Adobe says it does this,
> but
> >> when I tried it with sighted help, it just gave me text, not notation.
> >>
> >> I have been looking at Musescore.com as this does have downloadable XML
> >> scores, but does not appear to have many of the songs we play.
> >>
> >> Thoughts/suggestions?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Beth
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