LilyPond – Music notation for everyone ¶
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| Introduction | Start here to creating sheet music. | |
| Download | Get LilyPond. | |
| Manuals | Read The Fine Manuals (RTFM). | |
| Community | Contact other users. | |
Introduction | ||
| Features | What can LilyPond do? | |
| Examples | I want to see some music! | |
| Freedom | Freedom and the GPL. | |
| Background | Computational aesthetics. | |
| Productions | Real-life use of LilyPond. | |
| Reviews | What do people say about it? | |
| Text input | You write music as text?! | |
| Easier editing | Other ways of working with LilyPond. | |
Download | ||
| Source | ||
| Old downloads | ||
| GPL | ||
Manuals | ||
| Learning | Learning. | |
| Glossary | Glossary. | |
| Essay | Essay. | |
| Notation | Reference. | |
| Usage | Usage. | |
| Snippets | Snippets. | |
| FAQ | FAQ. | |
| Web | Web. | |
| Changes | NEWS. | |
| Extending | Programming. | |
| Internals | Internals. | |
| All | All manuals. | |
| FDL | Licence. | |
Community | ||
| Contact | ||
| Tiny examples | ||
| Bug reports | ||
| Help us | ||
| Sponsoring | ||
| Development | ||
| Google Summer of Code | ||
| Authors | ||
| Publications | ||
| News | ||
| Attic | ||
Introduction | ||
| Features | What can LilyPond do? | |
| Examples | I want to see some music! | |
| Freedom | Freedom and the GPL. | |
| Background | Computational aesthetics. | |
| Productions | Real-life use of LilyPond. | |
| Reviews | What do people say about it? | |
| Text input | You write music as text?! | |
| Easier editing | Other ways of working with LilyPond. | |
Download | ||
| Source | ||
| Old downloads | ||
| GPL | ||
Manuals | ||
| Learning | Learning. | |
| Glossary | Glossary. | |
| Essay | Essay. | |
| Notation | Reference. | |
| Usage | Usage. | |
| Snippets | Snippets. | |
| FAQ | FAQ. | |
| Web | Web. | |
| Changes | NEWS. | |
| Extending | Programming. | |
| Internals | Internals. | |
| All | All manuals. | |
| FDL | Licence. | |
Community | ||
| Contact | ||
| Tiny examples | ||
| Bug reports | ||
| Help us | ||
| Sponsoring | ||
| Development | ||
| Google Summer of Code | ||
| Authors | ||
| Publications | ||
| News | ||
| Attic | ||
LilyPond ¶
LilyPond ¶
... music notation for everyone
LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music to computer printouts. LilyPond is free software and part of the GNU Project.
Read more in our Introduction!
Beautiful Sheet Music ¶
LilyPond is a powerful and flexible tool for engraving tasks of all kinds, for example classical music (like the example above by J.S. Bach), complex notation, early music, modern music, tablature, vocal music, lead sheets, educational materials, large orchestral projects, customized output, and even Schenker graphs.
Browse our gallery of Examples and be inspired!
| Introduction | Start here to creating sheet music. | |
| Download | Get LilyPond. | |
| Manuals | Read The Fine Manuals (RTFM). | |
| Community | Contact other users. |