Introduction
Our Goal
LilyPond came about when two musicians wanted to go beyond the soulless look of computer-printed sheet music. Musicians prefer reading beautiful music, so why couldn’t programmers write software to produce elegant printed parts?
The result is a system which frees musicians from the details of layout, allowing them to focus on making music. LilyPond works with them to create publication-quality parts, crafted in the best traditions of classical music engraving.
What LilyPond does
- Features: What can LilyPond do?
- Examples: I want to see some music!
- Freedom: LilyPond is Free Software.
- Background: Our computational aesthetics.
How LilyPond works
- Text input: You write music as text?!
- Easier editing: Other ways of working with LilyPond.
| 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. |
Other languages: česky, deutsch, español, français, magyar, italiano, 日本語, nederlands, 中文.