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IntroductionLilyPond is a program to print sheet music. If you have used notation programs before, then the way to use this program might be surprising at first sight. To print music with lilypond, you have to enter musical codes in a file. Then you run LilyPond on the file, and the music is produced without any further intervention. For example, something like this: \key c \minor r8 c16 b c8 g as c16 b c8 d | g,4 produces this Encoding music using letters and digits may appear strange, intimidating or even clumsy at first. Nevertheless, when you take the effort to learn the codes and the program you will find that it is easier than it seems. Entering music can be done quickly, and you never have to remember how you made the program do something complicated: it's all in the input code, and you only have to read the file to see how it works. Moreover, when you use LilyPond, you are rewarded with very nicely looking output. In this chapter, we will explain the reasoning behind this unusual design, and how this approach affects you as a user. |
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