lilypond-web: Examples
Examples
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LilyPond is a powerful and flexible tool for engraving tasks of all
kinds. Please browse our gallery of examples and be inspired!
Classical Music
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This organ work by J.S. Bach is a fairly typical engraving project in
LilyPond.
[bach-bwv610]
Complex Notation
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This example from _Goyescas_ by Enrique Granados shows some of the more
advanced features of typesetting, including kneed beams, cross-staff
stems, and voice-follow lines.
[granados]
Early Music
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LilyPond also supports various types of ancient notation, such as this
passage of Gregorian chant.
[ancient-headword]
Modern Music
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Contemporary composers find LilyPond well-suited to displaying unusual
notation. Here is an excerpt from Trevor Bača’s _Čáry_, for
unaccompanied bass flute.
[cary]
Efficient, flexible creation of performance materials
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Various performance materials can be created from the same source code.
This is an excerpt of Nicolas Sceaux’s (http://nicolas.sceaux.free.fr/)
engraving of Handel’s _Giulio Cesare_, in full score, piano-vocal
reduction, and a violin part.
[sesto-full]
[sesto-piano]
[sesto-violin]
Tablature
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LilyPond supports tablature notation, which can be customized to suit
any instrument that reads from tablature. The tablature staff is
generated automatically from notes entered for the 5-line staff.
[tab-example]
Schenker Graphs
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Standard output can be modified heavily. Here is an impressive
Schenkerian analysis, created by Kris Schaffer, for an article in Linux
Journal (http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364). The colors have
been added for better visibility.
[bach-schenker]
Vocal Music
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LilyPond is excellent for vocal music of all kinds, from sacred hymns to
opera. Here is a medieval motet with slightly unusual requirements.
The tenor voice is written in a different meter than the others, but
must line up as if it were in the same meter. LilyPond handles this
most elegantly. Note also the incipits with Vaticana style clefs, the
slashed stems indicating plicated notes, and the ligature braces above
certain groups of notes.
[aucun-snippet]
Educational Applications
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LilyPond is perfectly suited for educational purposes as well. Here is
an example of a simple counterpoint exercise.
[theory]
Popular Music
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It is simple to create pop lead sheets with melody, lyrics, chord names,
and fretboards. In this example you see some of the predefined
fretboard diagrams, but these can be heavily customized to suit nearly
any situation.
[chart]
Large Projects
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LilyPond is excellent for large projects like operas or works for full
symphony orchestra, as well. In addition, the text-based input provides
greater accessibility – this example was contributed by Hu Haipeng, a
blind composer.
[orchestra]
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