LilyPond is a powerful and flexible tool for engraving tasks of
all kinds. Please browse our gallery of examples and be inspired!
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-@subsubheading Classical Music
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+@subheading Classical Music
This organ work by J.S. Bach is a fairly typical engraving project
in LilyPond.
@exampleImage{bach-bwv610}
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-@subsubheading Complex Notation
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+@subheading Complex Notation
This example from @emph{Goyescas} by Enrique Granados shows some
of the more advanced features of typesetting, including kneed
beams, cross-staff stems, and voice-follow lines.
@exampleImage{granados}
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-@subsubheading Early Music
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+@subheading Early Music
LilyPond also supports various types of ancient notation, such
as this passage of Gregorian chant.
@exampleImage{ancient-headword}
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-@subsubheading Modern Music
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+@subheading Modern Music
Contemporary composers find LilyPond well-suited to displaying
unusual notation. Here is an excerpt from Trevor Bača's
@emph{Čáry}, for unaccompanied bass flute.
@exampleImage{cary}
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-@subsubheading Efficient, flexible creation of performance materials
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+@subheading Efficient, flexible creation of performance materials
Various performance materials can be created from the same source
code. This is an excerpt of @uref{http://nicolas.sceaux.free.fr/,
@exampleImage{sesto-violin}
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-@subsubheading Tablature
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+@subheading Tablature
LilyPond supports tablature notation, which can be customized to
suit any instrument that reads from tablature. The tablature
staff.
@exampleImage{tab-example}
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-@subsubheading Schenker Graphs
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+@subheading Schenker Graphs
Standard output can be modified heavily. Here is an impressive
Schenkerian analysis, created by Kris Schaffer, for an article
The colors have been added for better visibility.
@exampleImage{bach-schenker}
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-@subsubheading Customized Output
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+@subheading Customized Output
A short excerpt from Stockhausen's Klavierstück II to demonstrate
Lilypond's ability to provide customised output.
@exampleImage{Stockhausen_Klavierstueck2}
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-@subsubheading Vocal Music
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+@subheading Vocal Music
LilyPond is excellent for vocal music of all kinds, from sacred
hymns to opera. Here is a medieval motet with slightly unusual
and the ligature braces above certain groups of notes.
@exampleImage{aucun-snippet}
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-@subsubheading Educational Applications
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+@subheading Educational Applications
LilyPond is perfectly suited for educational purposes as well.
Here is an example of a simple counterpoint exercise.
@exampleImage{theory}
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-@subsubheading Popular Music
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+@subheading Popular Music
It is simple to create pop lead sheets with melody, lyrics,
chord names, and fretboards. In this example you see some of the
to suit nearly any situation.
@exampleImage{chart}
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-@subsubheading Large Projects
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+@subheading Large Projects
LilyPond is excellent for large projects like operas or works for
full symphony orchestra, as well. In addition, the text-based
contributed by Hu Haipeng, a blind composer.
@exampleImage{orchestra}
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@subheading What are the benefits to users?
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@subheading Why do LilyPond developers @qq{give away} their work for free?
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@item
-@uref{http://www.aurelienbello.com/,Aurélien Bello} has re-orchestrated
-@emph{Der Ring des Nibelungen} by Richard Wagner to a
+@uref{http://www.aurelienbello.com/,Aurélien Bello} has arranged a
+version of Richard Strauss's @emph{Der Rosenkavalier} for four singers
+and a chamber orchestra of thirteen players. This has been commissioned
+by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra whose members will be the performers on
+@uref{http://www.festspielhaus.de/veranstaltung/der-kleine-rosenkavalier-02-04-2015-1100/,April 2nd and 6th}
+at the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, and on
+@uref{http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/details/21070/,April 26th}
+in the @emph{Philharmonie (großer Saal)}, Berlin. We are pleased to see
+musicians of such reputation playing from LilyPond scores -- and they are
+reportedly very happy with them.
+
+Aurélien has also re-orchestrated @emph{Der Ring des Nibelungen} by Richard
+Wagner to a
@uref{http://www.rsb-online.de/content/konzerte/wagnerzyklus-10-13/wagner-fuer-kinder/index_ger.html,100-minute version for children}.
-It has been written for a standard symphony orchestra but with a reduced
-cast of singers, and will be performed by the
-@emph{Radio-Sinfonieorchester Berlin} on the 5th and 6th April 2014 in
-the Atze Musiktheater, Berlin. The Conductor is Heiko Matthias Förster.
+Written for a standard symphony orchestra, but with a reduced cast of
+singers, it was performed by the @emph{Radio-Sinfonieorchester Berlin}
+in April 2014 at the Atze Musiktheater, Berlin. The Conductor was Heiko
+Matthias Förster.
@item
Joe Smeets created sheet music for the children's book @emph{Zing Mee}
@uref{http://www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl/web/Boek.htm?dbid=18954&typeofpage=134707, www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl}; choir
rehearsal scores for the Dutch translation of Benjamin Britten's
@emph{Saint Nicolas} performed by @emph{Muziektheater Hollands Diep} in
-2011.
-@uref{http://www.muziektheaterhollandsdiep.nl/nl/voorstellingen/sint_nicolaas_leeft, www.muziektheaterhollandsdiep.nl}; and is currently
-working on the score and parts for an arrangement of Moussurgsky's
-@emph{Boris Godounov} for wind quartet, piano and percussion. To be
-performed in 2014, again by @emph{Muziektheater Hollands Diep}.
+2011;
+@uref{http://www.muziektheaterhollandsdiep.nl/nl/voorstellingen/sint_nicolaas_leeft, www.muziektheaterhollandsdiep.nl}.
+He has also worked on the score and parts for an arrangement of
+Moussurgsky’s @emph{Boris Godounov} for wind quartet, piano and
+percussion which was performed in 2014, again by
+@emph{Muziektheater Hollands Diep}.
@item
A critical edition of Tommaso Traetta's @emph{Enea nel Lazio (1760)},
for his Ph.D. Thesis.
@item
-Mussorgsky's @emph{Pictures at an exhibition}, re-orchestrated and
+Mussorgsky's @emph{Pictures at an exhibition}, was re-orchestrated and
conducted by @uref{http://www.aurelienbello.com/,Aurélien Bello} with
the @uref{http://www.junge-philharmonie-brandenburg.de/,
-Junge Philharmonie Brandenburg}
-on Oct 10 2011 and again on Apr 15-16 2012.
+Junge Philharmonie Brandenburg} in October 2011 and April 2012.
@item
@uref{http://www.kierenmacmillan.info/, Kieren MacMillan}, composer and
@c TRANSLATORS, so far it's mostly from
@c http://lilypond.org/web/switch/howto
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@subheading @qq{Compiling} Music
@imageClickable{nereid-shot-small,png, (click to enlarge), nereid-shot,png, right}
actually provide a GUI which allows direct manipulation of a
graphical score. For more information, see @ref{Easier editing}.
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@subheading Where now?
research and reverse engineering by tweaking existing .enc files and
loading them using the 4.55 demo version.
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-@uref{http://www.musescore.org,MuseScore}, a score editor, has
-incomplete LilyPond export but is being actively developed.
-
@item
@uref{http://vsr.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/staff/jan/nted/nted.xhtml,NtEd},
a score editor based on the @uref{http://www.cairographics.org,Cairo}
@uref{http://www.frescobaldi.org/,Frescobaldi}, and exists as LilyKDE3
for KDE 3.5 and lilypond-KDE4 for KDE 4.1 only.
+@item
+@uref{http://lilycomp.sourceforge.net, LilyComp} is a graphical note
+entry program, acting much like a number-pad which produces LilyPond
+notes.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.musescore.org,MuseScore}, a score editor. LilyPond
+export was dropped in version 2.0 but earlier versions are still
+available for download at
+@uref{http://sourceforge.net/projects/mscore/files/mscore/,Sourceforge}.
+
@item
@uref{http://noteedit.berlios.de,NoteEdit}, which imported
@uref{http://www.makemusic.com/musicxml,MusicXML}, has been forked into
and @uref{http://canorus.org,Canorus}.
@item
-@uref{http://lilycomp.sourceforge.net, LilyComp} is a graphical note
-entry program, acting much like a number-pad which produces LilyPond
-notes.
+@uref{http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/OOoLilyPond,OOoLilypond},
+an OpenOffice.org extension that converts LilyPond files it into images
+within OpenOffice.org documents. Although this is no longer being
+developed, it appears to still work with version 4.
@item
@uref{https://launchpad.net/rumor/,Rumor}, a realtime monophonic
approach to the computational aesthetics of classical engraving is
explained in our @ref{Background}.
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@subheading Legalese
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projects / lilypond.git / blobdiff