+@item
+Lilypond now helps beams avoid collisions with other grobs! This feature
+works completely with manual beams. It also works for all automatic beams
+that do not end right before a change in staff. For this special case, please
+use manual beams.
+
+@item
+The Articulate script by Peter Chubb, which is GPLv3 licensed, is now
+a part of the distribution. It allows easy generation of improved
+MIDI files that perform non-legato by default, legato slurs, staccato,
+tempo markings, trills, etc.
+
+@example
+\include "articulate.ly"
+\articulate <<
+ all the rest of the score...
+>>
+@end example
+
+@item
+Single beat repeats for sixteenth or shorter notes and beat repeats for
+measures containing notes of varying durations are now supported.
+
+@lilypond[fragment,relative=2]
+\repeat percent 2 { c16 d }
+\repeat percent 2 { c32 e }
+\repeat percent 2 { c64 f }
+\repeat percent 2 { c128 g' }
+@end lilypond
+
+
+@item
+Lilypond now engraves woodwind fingering charts.
+
+@lilypond
+\relative c' {
+ \textLengthOn
+ des1^\markup {
+ \woodwind-diagram #'bassoon #'((lh . (thumb-cis))
+ (cc . (one two three five six))
+ (rh . (f)))
+ } _"bassoon"
+ c1^\markup {
+ \woodwind-diagram #'oboe #'((rh . (c))
+ (lh . ())
+ (cc . (one two three four five six)))
+ } _"oboe"
+
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+@item
+MIDI output has been improved
+@itemize @bullet
+@item the option @code{\set Score.midiChannelMapping = #'voice} puts each voice on its own midi MIDI channel
+@item the option @code{\set Score.midiChannelMapping = #'instrument} puts identical instruments on the same MIDI channel. This means that e.g. for a full orchestral score there are always 16 (15 plus percussion) differently sounding instruments available, unrestricted by the number of staves or voices. (Some MIDI players will cut off notes, however, if two voices play the same pitch simultaneously on the same channel.) This option also stores each voice in a separate track in the MIDI file.
+@item the default, @code{\set Score.midiChannelMapping = #'staff}, assigns one MIDI channel per staff. This setting allows instrument changes (implemented as MIDI program changes) to re-use single MIDI channel.
+@item dynamics are now rendered as note velocities, no longer as midi volume. This improves the sound on [high end] midi renderers.
+@end itemize
+