Re: How to count the number of notes in a .ly file?

[Keith OHara]

Jan Rosseel <jan <at> rosseel.com> writes:

> 
> Subject line says it about all. How can I count the number of notes present 
in a .ly file? 

You could make a log-file as described at
<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/
saving-music-events-to-a-file>
and count the occurrences of 'note' in the log-file.

Text editors can usually count words; you might do a global
search-and-replace of note -> counted and most editors tell you
how many replacements they performed.