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9 @unnumbered LilyPond -- The GNU Project Music Typesetter
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18 LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music using
19 a high level description file as input. It excels at typesetting
20 classical music, but you can also print pop-songs. With LilyPond we
21 hope to make music publication software available to anyone on the
24 The program also has limited MIDI functionality: you can write MIDI
25 files with lilypond, and we have a simple MIDI to lilypond conversion
28 LilyPond is free software. It is licensed under GNU General Public
29 License, and it is part of the @uref{http://www.gnu.org/,GNU Project}.
34 \relative c'' { \key es; r8 [c16 b] [c8 g] [as c16 b] [c8 d] | g,4 }
40 The version numbers are in Linux-kernel style: even unnumbered versions
41 are `stable'. The webpages for the stable version reside at GNU, here:
42 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/lilypond}. Big enhancements go
43 into the odd numbered versions, whose webpages are on
44 @uref{http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/,Han-Wen's site}.
46 If want more information, you can browse the
47 @uref{Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond.html, manual} or other
48 @uref{Documentation/out-www/index.html, documentation}.
51 @unnumberedsec Mailing list
53 If you have questions do write to the mailing lists
54 (but don't forget to read the @uref{Documentation/out-www/faq.html,
55 Frequently Asked Questions} first:
59 @item info-gnu-music@@gnu.org
60 is a moderated list for information on the GNU Music project, to
61 subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe" to
62 info-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org.
64 As this list is moderated, normal people should ask to
65 @email{drl@@gnu.org, David R. Linn} or
66 @email{hanwen@@cs.uu.nl, Han-Wen} to forward announces instead of
67 sending it to info-gnu-music@@gnu.org
69 This list is archived at
70 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/info-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
72 @item help-gnu-music@@gnu.org
73 For help with LilyPond music project. To subscribe: send
74 mail with subject "subscribe" to
75 @email{help-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org} The archive is at
76 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/help-gnu-music@@gnu.org}.
78 @item bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org
79 If you have bugreports, you should send them to this list. If you
80 want to know about bugs, subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe" to
81 @email{bug-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org}. The archive is at
82 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
83 @item gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org,
84 For discussions concerning LilyPond, to subscribe: send
85 mail with subject "subscribe" to
86 @email{gnu-music-discuss-request@@gnu.org}
88 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org}
93 For the latest and greatest features, check out the
94 @uref{Documentation/out-www/CHANGES.txt, Change Log}.
96 @unnumberedsec Sheet music
99 If you are interested in sheet music typeset by LilyPond, have a look at
100 the examples included. We have @uref{./input/out-www/index.html,short
101 examples} and @uref{./mutopia/out-www/index.html,longer examples}. The
102 examples include sound bites in MIDI, pictures in PNG, printable scores
103 in PostScript, and LilyPond input.
105 Other use LilyPond too.
106 @uref{http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/harpsichord.html,John
107 Sankey}, harpsichordist to the internet, is typesetting the complete
108 @uref{http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/scarlattidwn.html/,sonatas
109 by Scarlatti}. Jeff Covey, guitar player and overall nice guy, is
110 putting @uref{http://www4.smart.net/~jcovey/scores/,guitar music} on the
111 net. The @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Mutopia/,Mutopia project} is a
112 large archive of public domain sheet music under construction.
117 @unnumberedsec Download
119 If you want to compile LilyPond from sources, download them here:
121 @item Download stable releases at
122 @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/lilypond/}
123 @item Download development releases at
124 @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/development/}
125 @item Canadian mirror @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/lilypond/} and @uref{ftp://sca.uwaterloo.ca/pub/}
126 @item Another site in Europe
127 @uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/}
130 Installing and compiling requires many additional packages, which are
131 listed in the @uref{Documentation/topdocs/out-www/INSTALL.html, installation instructions}.
133 There are binaries available, but alas they are not updated for every version released.
136 binary RPMs: @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/RPMS/}
138 @item Debian binary @uref{ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/tex}
139 @item i386 RPM: @uref{http://linux.umbc.edu/software/lilypond/rpms/}
140 @item Windows NT: @uref{http://home.austin.rr.com/jbr/jeff/lilypond/}
143 @unnumberedsubsec Webmaster's Disclaimer
145 These pages were entirely created from a @strong{development snapshots}
146 of the LilyPond package. The version of this webpage is printed at the
147 bottom. If you want to volunteer for making more beautiful webpages,