\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@setfilename index.info
@settitle index

@node Top, , , (dir)
@top


@unnumbered LilyPond -- The GNU Project Music Typesetter


@html
<img src="Documentation/pictures/out-www/lelie-logo.png">
@end html

@c something breaks on 3.12 f

LilyPond is a music typesetter.  It produces beautiful sheet music using
a high level description file as input. It excels at typesetting
classical music, but you can also print pop-songs.  With LilyPond we
hope to make music publication software available to anyone on the
internet.

The program also has limited MIDI functionality: you can write MIDI
files with lilypond, and we have a simple MIDI to lilypond conversion
tool, @file{midi2ly}.

LilyPond is free software. It is licensed under GNU General Public
License, and it is part of the @uref{http://www.gnu.org/,GNU Project}.


@quotation
@mudela[fragment]
	\relative c'' { \key es; r8 [c16 b] [c8 g] [as c16 b] [c8 d] | g,4 }
@end mudela 
@end quotation

    

The version numbers are in Linux-kernel style: even unnumbered versions
are `stable'. The webpages for the stable version reside at GNU, here:
 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/lilypond}. Big enhancements go
into the odd numbered versions, whose webpages are on 
 @uref{http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/,Han-Wen's site}.

If want more information, you can browse the
@uref{Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond.html, manual} or other
@uref{Documentation/out-www/index.html, documentation}.


@unnumberedsec Mailing list

If you have questions do write to the mailing lists
 (but don't forget to read the @uref{Documentation/out-www/faq.html,
Frequently Asked Questions} first:


@table @samp
@item info-gnu-music@@gnu.org
        is a moderated list for information on the GNU Music project, to
    subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe" to
    info-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org.  

    As this list is moderated, normal people should ask to
    @email{drl@@gnu.org, David R. Linn} or
    @email{hanwen@@cs.uu.nl, Han-Wen} to forward announces instead of
    sending it to info-gnu-music@@gnu.org

   This list is archived at 
    @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/info-gnu-music@@gnu.org}

@item help-gnu-music@@gnu.org
    For help with LilyPond music project. To subscribe: send
    mail with subject "subscribe" to
    @email{help-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org} The archive is at 
  @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/help-gnu-music@@gnu.org}.

@item bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org
    If you have bugreports, you should send them to this list.  If you
want to know about bugs, subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe" to
    @email{bug-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org}. The archive is at
@uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
@item gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org,
    For discussions concerning LilyPond, to subscribe: send
    mail with subject "subscribe" to
    @email{gnu-music-discuss-request@@gnu.org}
        The archive is at
    @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org}
@end table

@unnumberedsec News

For the latest and greatest features, check out the
@uref{Documentation/out-www/CHANGES.txt, Change Log}.

@unnumberedsec Sheet music


If you are interested in sheet music typeset by LilyPond, have a look at
the examples included. We have @uref{./input/out-www/index.html,short
examples} and @uref{./mutopia/out-www/index.html,longer examples}. The
examples include sound bites  in MIDI, pictures in PNG, printable scores
in PostScript, and LilyPond input.

Other use LilyPond too.
@uref{http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/harpsichord.html,John
Sankey}, harpsichordist to the internet, is typesetting the complete
@uref{http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/scarlattidwn.html/,sonatas
by Scarlatti}. Jeff Covey, guitar player and overall nice guy, is
putting @uref{http://www4.smart.net/~jcovey/scores/,guitar music} on the
net. The @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Mutopia/,Mutopia project} is a
large archive of public domain sheet music under construction.




@unnumberedsec Download

If you want to compile LilyPond from sources,  download them here:
@itemize @bullet
@item    Download stable releases at
@uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/lilypond/}
@item    Download development releases at
@uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/development/}
@item Canadian mirror   @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/lilypond/} and @uref{ftp://sca.uwaterloo.ca/pub/} 
@item Another site in Europe
@uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/}
@end itemize

Installing and compiling requires many additional packages, which are
listed in the  @uref{Documentation/topdocs/out-www/INSTALL.html, installation instructions}.

There are binaries available, but alas they are not updated for every version released.
@itemize @bullet
@item RedHat i386
binary RPMs:  @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/RPMS/}  

@item Debian binary @uref{ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/tex} 
@item i386 RPM: @uref{http://linux.umbc.edu/software/lilypond/rpms/} 
@item Windows NT: @uref{http://home.austin.rr.com/jbr/jeff/lilypond/}
@end itemize

@unnumberedsubsec Webmaster's Disclaimer

These pages were entirely created from a @strong{development snapshots}
of the LilyPond package.  The version of this webpage is printed at the
bottom. If you want to volunteer for making more beautiful webpages,
then please mail us!


@bye