Difference between revisions of "LilyPond"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(→Example Score: rename to Usage, mention docs) |
m (→Usage: mention musicxml2ly) |
||
Line 29: | Line 29: | ||
It will create {{ic|test.pdf}} and {{ic|test.ps}} files that contain your score. | It will create {{ic|test.pdf}} and {{ic|test.ps}} files that contain your score. | ||
+ | |||
+ | LilyPond provides {{man|1|musicxml2ly}} to convert [[Wikipedia:MusicXML|MusicXML]] to the LilyPond format. | ||
For more information, see {{ic|info lilypond}}, {{man|1|lilypond}} and the [http://lilypond.org/manuals.html documentation]. | For more information, see {{ic|info lilypond}}, {{man|1|lilypond}} and the [http://lilypond.org/manuals.html documentation]. |
Revision as of 18:59, 29 July 2018
LilyPond is a free score writing application. Its input is a plain text file in the LilyPond music writing format, and its output is in either PostScript or PDF.
Installation
Front-ends
- Denemo — Supports keyboard, MIDI and acoustic input, written in C.
- http://denemo.org/ || denemoAUR
- Frescobaldi — Provides music view with two-way point & click, MIDI capturing and playback, written in Python with PyQt.
Usage
Create a test file like:
test.ly
{ c' e' g' e' }
To compile it, use:
$ lilypond test.ly
It will create test.pdf
and test.ps
files that contain your score.
LilyPond provides musicxml2ly(1) to convert MusicXML to the LilyPond format.
For more information, see info lilypond
, lilypond(1) and the documentation.
Text editor support
LilyPond comes with modes for Emacs and Vim, see the documentation.
For Vim see the filetype plugin /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftplugin/lilypond.vim
for the available key mappings.