Re: [Orgmode] arranging and publishing music with Org-mode and lilypond

[T.F. Torrey]

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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