Lilypond format manual#

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Lilypond format manual#

300 page user manual and over 400 example files.

Combine staves in scores and insert cue-notes from other parts.

Parts and score are made from the same source file, so every change always gets into both score and parts.

Integrate music into LaTeX or HTML, or add music to with ooolilypond.

Put fragments of music into texts with without cutting and pasting pictures.

All style settings, font designs and algorithms have been inspired by the finest hand-engraved music.

Clashes between lyrics, notes, and chords are resolved and slurs and beams are sloped, automatically.

The Feta font has been tailored especially for LilyPond.

No user interaction necessary during running.

Automatic placement of accidentals, beams, slurs, ties, based on optimal scoring algorithms.

Handling of polyphonic collisions for notes, dots, and rests.

Automatic spacing, line breaking and page breaking.

LilyPond does not contain its own graphical user interface for the creation of scores.