> On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 12:31:25PM +0200, Truus Waal wrote: > > To anyone who can help me. > > > > I'm looking for a program to write music. There are several > > programs, like Finale, Cantate, Mozart. But they're expensive. I'm > > looking for a program, like OpenOffice, that's simple, > > user-friendly, for free, and (if possible) open source. I heard from > > Louis Suarez-Potts, who is the Community manager at OpenOffice.org, > > that he knows, there must have been something like this, but that's > > already a year or two ago. > > > > Is thisprogram, or a program like this, still available and working? > > Is there anyone, who's working on such a program? Where can I find > > it? > > http://lilypond.org > > Lilypond meets all your requirements unless you can only work from a > GUI. LilyPond works with any text editor and has some integration > with emacs, JEdit and vim. It produces better output than at least > Finale. > > I've been using it for three years and it keeps getting better. It's > two main authors are from your country. > > Paul Scott > Paul:
I have very briefly looked at LilyPond. What I saw I liked, but, I was intimidated. I am an older person, new student, trying to change some of the music that I have to be simpler for playing on piano, old organs (spinet types) etc. I have managed to change the KEY of some pieces and eliminate the extra (SATB type). But I have done this all by hand (paper curling and pencil smudging). The other thing that I would like to do is to present the written music like a written poem. That is for studying and learning the piece. Some of the phrases are like poetry and should not be 'skrunted' together to save space. Can LilyPond do this? Also, what else can I use it for? Will it fit into some MIDI so that it will play? I thank you for your indulgence and the reflector's indulgence. You may want to contact me offline. Chris --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
