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Re: [Orgmode] arranging and publishing music with Org-mode and lilypond
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T.F. Torrey |
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Re: [Orgmode] arranging and publishing music with Org-mode and lilypond |
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Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:24:14 -0700 |
Hello,
> From: Stefan Vollmar <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:26:39 +0200
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> Subject: [Orgmode] arranging and publishing music with Org-mode and lilypond
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> Dear all,
>
> I believe that many members of this list with an interest in music
> (notation/composition) might find the http://lilypond.org project "addictive"
> (in the nicest possible manner): the concept is rather similar to writing
> TeX, there is very good Emacs support (if you know where to look), it is all
> OpenSource, there is extensive documentation (in LaTeX format with embedded
> lilypond snippets), the print quality is excellent.
>
> I mention this because while arranging some piece of music recently, I
> noticed that Org-mode might be helpful in this context - it is probably
> already possible by tweaking org-babel a bit: lilypond encourages the user to
> structure music in a way that lends itself rather naturally to processing
> with Org-mode - you can assign a theme, a few bar with notes or even whole
> voices to variables and use them repeatedly. And imagine using Org-mode's
> outline capabilities to structure a piece of music. Exporting an org-file
> with lilypond-snippets in it to PDF or HTML might also be an interesting
> option.
>
> I have not yet put any effort into it and just wanted to find out if anybody
> apart from me finds the combination of Org-mode and lilypond (potentially)
> exciting.
I think this is very exciting.
Best regards,
Terry
> Warm regards,
> Stefan
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