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32 @unnumberedsec LilyPond -- The GNU Project Music Typesetter
34 @c something breaks on 3.12 f
36 @unnumberedsec What is LilyPond?
38 LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music using
39 a high level description file as input. It excels at typesetting
40 classical music, but you can also print pop-songs. With LilyPond we
41 hope to make music publication software available to anyone on the
44 @unnumberedsec Why should I use it?
46 The input to LilyPond is plain text. So, you can use your favorite text
47 editor to enter it, you can put it in mail or embed it in an article like
51 @mudela[fragment,verbatim]
52 \relative c'' { \key es; r8 [c16 b] [c8 g] [as c16 b] [c8 d] | g,4 }
56 The output looks very good: the font and the layout algorithms were
57 inspired by engraved music, so you can expect that same clear and
58 elegant look from your LilyPond output. And if you don't like the
59 looks, you can tweak almost everything.
61 The program also has limited MIDI functionality: you can write MIDI
62 files with lilypond, and we have a simple MIDI to lilypond conversion
65 LilyPond is free software. It is licensed under GNU General Public
66 License, so you can use, modify and redistribute the program with
67 almost no restrictions. LilyPond is part of the
68 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/,GNU Project}.
70 The version numbers are in Linux-kernel style: even numbered versions
71 are `stable'. The webpages for the stable version (1.2) reside at GNU,
72 here: @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/lilypond}. Big enhancements go
73 into the latest odd numbered version (1.3); its webpages are on
74 @uref{http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/,Han-Wen's site}.
76 If want more information, you can browse the
77 @uref{Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond.html, manual} or other
78 @uref{Documentation/out-www/index.html, documentation}.
83 For the latest and greatest features, check out the
84 @uref{Documentation/out-www/CHANGES.txt, Change Log}.
90 @unnumberedsec Sheet music
93 If you are interested in sheet music typeset by LilyPond, have a look at
94 the examples included. We have @uref{short-examples.html,short
95 examples} and @uref{long-examples.html,longer examples}. The
96 examples include sound bites in MIDI, pictures in PNG, printable scores
97 in PostScript, and LilyPond input.
99 Others use LilyPond too.
100 @uref{http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/harpsichord.html,John
101 Sankey}, harpsichordist to the internet, is typesetting the complete
102 @uref{http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/scarlattidwn.html,sonatas
103 by Scarlatti}. Jeff Covey, guitar player and overall nice guy, is
104 putting @uref{http://www4.smart.net/~jcovey/scores/,guitar music} on the
105 net. The @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Mutopia/,Mutopia project} is a
106 large archive of public domain sheet music under construction.
111 @unnumberedsec Download
113 If you want to compile LilyPond from source, download here:
115 @item Download stable releases at
116 @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/lilypond/}
117 @item Download development releases at
118 @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/development/}
119 @item Canadian mirror @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/lilypond/} and @uref{ftp://sca.uwaterloo.ca/pub/}
120 @item Another site in Europe
121 @uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/}
124 Installing and compiling requires many additional packages, which are
125 listed in the @uref{Documentation/topdocs/out-www/INSTALL.html,
126 installation instructions}.
128 There are binaries available, but alas they are not updated for every version released.
130 @item RedHat-i386 and Linuxppc RPMs:
131 @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/RPMS/}
132 @item Debian binary @uref{ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/tex}
133 @item Windows NT: @uref{http://home.austin.rr.com/jbr/jeff/lilypond/}
138 <a name="mailing-lists">
140 @unnumberedsec Mailing list
142 If you have questions, do write to the mailing lists!
143 (But don't forget to read the @uref{Documentation/out-www/faq.html,
144 Frequently Asked Questions} first.)
148 @item info-gnu-music@@gnu.org
149 is a moderated list for information on the GNU Music project, to
150 subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe" to
151 info-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org.
153 As this list is moderated, normal people should ask to
154 @email{drl@@gnu.org, David R. Linn} or
155 @email{hanwen@@cs.uu.nl, Han-Wen} to forward announces instead of
156 sending it to info-gnu-music@@gnu.org
158 This list is archived at
159 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/info-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
161 @item help-gnu-music@@gnu.org
162 For help with LilyPond music project. To subscribe: send
163 mail with subject "subscribe" to
164 @email{help-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org} The archive is at
165 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/help-gnu-music@@gnu.org}.
167 @item bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org
168 If you have bugreports, you should send them to this list. If you
169 want to know about bugs, subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe"
170 to @email{bug-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org}. The archive is at
171 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
173 Please include in your bugreport the version of LilyPond that
174 you experience the problem with, a description of your system and sample
175 input to reproduce the problem. Do not send output files over the list,
176 they tend to be very big and don't help with describing the problem.
179 @item gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org,
180 For discussions concerning LilyPond, to subscribe: send
181 mail with subject "subscribe" to
182 @email{gnu-music-discuss-request@@gnu.org}
184 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org}
187 If you want to unsubscribe use the same procedure as subscribing, but
188 substitute @code{unsubscribe} where you would put @code{subscribe}.
190 @unnumberedsubsec Webmaster's Disclaimer
192 These pages were entirely created from a @strong{development snapshots}
193 of the LilyPond package. The version of this webpage is printed at the
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200 <a href="#download">Download</a>
202 <a href="Documentation/out-www/faq.html">FAQ</a>
204 <a href="Documentation/out-www/index.html">Documentation</a>
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