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3 @settitle LilyPond homepage
12 <a href="#download-source">Download</a>
14 <a href="Documentation/out-www/faq.html">FAQ</a>
16 <a href="Documentation/out-www/index.html">Documentation</a>
18 <a href="#music">Music archives</a>
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32 @c @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
50 @c \relative c''{ \key es \major; r8 [c16 b] [c8 g] [as c16 b] [c8 d] | g,4 }
52 @mudela[fragment,verbatim]
53 \relative c''{ \key es \major; r8 c16 b c8 g as c16 b c8 d | g,4 }
57 The output looks very good: the font and the layout algorithms were
58 inspired by engraved music, so you can expect that same clear and
59 elegant look from your LilyPond output. And if you don't like the
60 looks, you can tweak almost everything.
62 The program also has limited MIDI functionality: you can write MIDI
63 files with lilypond, and we have a simple MIDI to lilypond conversion
66 LilyPond is free software. It is licensed under GNU General Public
67 License, so you can use, modify and redistribute the program with
68 almost no restrictions. LilyPond is part of the
69 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/,GNU Project}.
71 The version numbers are in Linux-kernel style: even numbered versions
72 are `stable'. The webpages for the stable version (1.2) reside at GNU,
73 here: @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/lilypond}. Big enhancements go
74 into the latest odd numbered version (1.3), whose webpages are on
75 @uref{http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/,Han-Wen's site}.
77 If want more information, you can browse the
78 @uref{Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond.html, manual} or other
79 @uref{Documentation/out-www/index.html, documentation}.
84 For the latest and greatest features, check out the
85 @uref{Documentation/out-www/CHANGES.html, Change Log}.
91 @unnumberedsec Sheet music
94 If you are interested in sheet music typeset by LilyPond, have a look at
95 the examples included. We have @uref{short-examples.html,short
96 examples} and @uref{long-examples.html,longer examples}. The
97 examples include sound bites in MIDI, pictures in PNG, printable scores
98 in PostScript, and LilyPond input.
100 Others use LilyPond too.
101 @uref{http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/harpsichord.html,John
102 Sankey}, harpsichordist to the internet, is typesetting the complete
103 @uref{http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/scarlattidwn.html,sonatas
104 by Scarlatti}. Jeff Covey, guitar player and overall nice guy, is
105 putting @uref{http://www4.smart.net/~jcovey/scores/,guitar music} on the
106 net. The @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Mutopia/,Mutopia project} is a
107 large archive of public domain sheet music under construction. Dirk
108 Lattermann also put some works
109 @uref{http://www.alqualonde.de/lilypond.html,on the web}.
112 <a name="download-source">
114 @unnumberedsec Download
116 If you want to compile LilyPond from source, download here:
118 @item Download stable releases at
119 @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/lilypond/, GNU}
120 @item Download development releases from
121 @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/development/, the source}
122 @item @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/lilypond/, by http (Canadian
123 mirror)} or @uref{ftp://sca.uwaterloo.ca/pub/, ftp (Canadian mirror)}
124 @item @uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/, mirror (Europe)}
127 Installing and compiling requires many additional packages, which are
128 listed in the @uref{Documentation/topdocs/out-www/INSTALL.html,
129 installation instructions}.
132 <a name="download-binary">
135 Binaries are available, but are not updated for every version released.
137 @item @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/RPMS/, RedHat i386}
138 @item @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/RPMS/, LinuxPPC}
140 @uref{ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/tex,
141 Debian GNU/Linux i386}
143 @uref{ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-powerpc/tex,
144 Debian GNU/Linux PowerPC}
145 @item @uref{http://home.austin.rr.com/jbr/jeff/lilypond/, Windows Stable}
146 @item @uref{http://appel.dyndns.org/lilypond/gnu-windows, Windows
152 <a name="mailing-lists">
154 @unnumberedsec Mailing lists
156 If you have questions, do write to the mailing lists!
157 (But don't forget to read the @uref{Documentation/out-www/faq.html,
158 Frequently Asked Questions} first.)
162 @item info-gnu-music@@gnu.org
163 is a moderated list for information on the GNU Music project, to
164 subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe" to
165 info-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org.
167 This list is moderated; ask
168 @email{drl@@gnu.org, David R. Linn} or
169 @email{hanwen@@cs.uu.nl, Han-Wen} to send announcements for this
172 This list is archived at
173 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/info-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
175 @item help-gnu-music@@gnu.org
176 For help with LilyPond music project. To subscribe: send
177 mail with subject "subscribe" to
178 @email{help-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org} The archive is at
179 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/help-gnu-music@@gnu.org}.
181 @item bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org
182 If you have bugreports, you should send them to this list. If you
183 want to know about bugs, subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe"
184 to @email{bug-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org}. The archive is at
185 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
187 Please include in your bugreport the version of LilyPond that
188 you experience the problem with, a description of your system and sample
189 input to reproduce the problem. Do not send output files over the list,
190 they tend to be very big and don't help with describing the problem.
193 @item gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org,
194 For discussions concerning LilyPond, to subscribe: send
195 mail with subject "subscribe" to
196 @email{gnu-music-discuss-request@@gnu.org}
198 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org}
201 If you want to unsubscribe use the same procedure as subscribing, but
202 substitute @code{unsubscribe} where you would put @code{subscribe}.
204 @unnumberedsubsec Webmaster's Disclaimer
206 These pages were entirely created from a @strong{development snapshots}
207 of the LilyPond package. The version of this webpage is printed at the
214 <a href="#download-source">Download</a>
216 <a href="Documentation/out-www/faq.html">FAQ</a>
218 <a href="Documentation/out-www/index.html">Documentation</a>
220 <a href="#music">Music archives</a>
222 <a href="#mailing-lists">Mailing lists</a>
224 <a href="Documentation/out-www/CHANGES.html">News</a>