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3.1 Suggestions for writing LilyPond files

Now you're ready to begin writing larger LilyPond files – not just the little examples in the tutorial, but whole pieces. But how should you go about doing it?

The best answer is “however you want to do it.” As long as LilyPond can understand your files and produces the output that you want, it doesn't matter what your files look like. That said, sometimes we make mistakes when writing files. If LilyPond can't understand your files, or produces output that you don't like, how do you fix the problem?

Here are a few suggestions that can help you to avoid or fix problems:

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