There is a plugin in Muse Score that uses an existing python script to converts and imports ABC. Raw code exists on Github for the conversion so hopefully this can be implemented. ABC is a really common file format especially when trying to write out tunes with chords and the correct variations from websites like thesession
Maybe it would be easier to convert ABC (which I haven’t heard of before) to musicXML, then import the xml into Dorico. Could that python script do that?
ABC has been around since the 90s and is just a short form. Yes a python script already exists for this but it is clunky. Makes it more convoluted with the extra step that is outside of Dorico. Have now found out that this already exists as a plugin for MuseScore which uses that python code
Welcome to the forum, @sadesanti. For the time being, you will need to use an external tool of some kind to convert ABC to MusicXML. We have had a number of requests to support import of ABC files in the past, and it is something that is on our backlog for future implementation.