LilyPond

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Description

LilyPond is a music engraving program used for typesetting sheet music. It is a free and open source software developed for the GNU/Linux operating system. LilyPond allows the user to create beautiful sheet music using a simple text-based input format. The software automatically formats the music notation on the page according to the user-specified parameters. It can create a variety of standard music notation symbols, including notes, clefs, meter signatures, and accidentals. In addition, it has a built-in library of sounds and instruments that can be used to create more complex pieces of music. LilyPond also allows users to create their own custom sound libraries. The software is available for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.

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Audio and music applications

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