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Computer printouts of sheet music usually look dull. LilyPond is different: it makes beautiful sheet music. Give it a try!

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What sets LilyPond apart from other programs? Why did we revive the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music? How did we do it?

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LilyPond 2.11.56 available - August 17, 2008
LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages are now available from the documentation start page. Two predefined commands \pointAndClickOn, \pointAndClickOff have also been added.
Changes, Download.
LilyPond 2.11.55 available - August 6, 2008
LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets set-octavation has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, \ottava. Bugfixes, Download.
LilyPond 2.11.54 available - July 30, 2008
LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting following a line break, and changes the behavior of short-indent so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin. Bugfixes, Download.
LilyPond 2.11.53 available - July 23, 2008
LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
Bugfixes, Download.

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