newbie: syntax puzzle

[Brian Fristensky]

Based on what I read in the tutorial, the
following should be a correct file:

\score {
  \notes {
     \time 4/4
     \clef treble
     \key d
     f2. g4 a2. b4 e8
     d8 c2 b4 c4 b1
  }
  \paper { }
}

However, it generates the following error message:

Running LilyPond...
GNU LilyPond 1.6.0.uu1
Now processing: `allgoodgifts.ly'
Parsing...
/home/brian/music/allgoodgifts.ly:6:6: error: parse error, unexpected 
NOTENAME_PITCH, expecting SCM_IDENTIFIER:
     f
      2. g4 a2. b4 e8

error:
LilyPond failed on the input file (exit status 1).

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 1000, in ?
    run_lilypond (files, dep_prefix)
  File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 512, in run_lilypond
    error ( "\n" \
  File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 144, in error
    raise _ ("Exiting ... ")
Exiting ...

I have done a lot of experimentation, but can't get this
to work. Help would be appreciated.

P.S. I am using lilypond 1.6.0 under Red Hat Linux 7.2.

Brian Fristensky