On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:05:53 +1000, Cameron Horsburgh wrote: > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 09:40:08AM +0200, "Johannes Schöpfer" wrote: >>... it is maybe not useful that lilypond plays the chords in the >>midi-files. "band-in-a-box" is a program only for this reason and has >>also problems to do it correctly. > Actually, this is something I really do like about LilyPond. I don't play > piano or guitar, and the quickest way I have to experiment with chords > progressions when composing is to dump them into LilyPond (both in a chord > symbols context and as notation) and begin experimenting from there. ãthe > fact that I can type in a progression and hear it ten seconds later is > pretty useful. > > While I'm at it, does anyone know of any other Linux software that can do > this?
mma, by Bob van der Poel. Not without fault, but a great little program. It generates midi accompaniments from straight chord names. daveA _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
