This is the toplevel README to LilyPond -*-Text-*-
-GNU LilyPond which converts music definition files into visual or
-audio output: it can typeset formatted sheet music in TeX and
-and (mechanical) perfomances to MIDI files.
+LilyPond is the GNU Project music typesetter. The program generates
+visual or auditive output from a music definition file: it can typeset
+formatted sheet music to a TeX file and play (mechanical) performances
+to a MIDI file. Features include multiple staffs, meters, clefs,
+keys, lyrics, versatile input-language, cadenzas, beams, slurs,
+triplets.
1. VERSIONING