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LilyPond - Music notation for everyone

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LilyPond

LilyPond

... music notation for everyone

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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

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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!

News

LilyPond 2.25.13 released - February 10, 2024

LilyPond 2.24.3 released - November 19, 2023

More news...

Stable Release

Download 2.24.3

Manuals 2.24.3

Unstable Release

Download 2.25.13

Manuals 2.25.13

Pondings

Introduction    Start here to creating sheet music.
Download        Get LilyPond.
Manuals         Read The Fine Manuals (RTFM).
Community       Contact other users.
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