Dear Mr. Eberly and others,
The Shenandoah Harmony was entirely set in Lilypond.
<http://www.shenandoahharmony.com/2013/the-making-of-the-shenandoah-harmony/>
Robert Stoddard, Peter Golden, Adrian Mariano, and I [Rachel Hall] typeset the music in Lilypond 2.14, with some modifications: we made the shapes bigger and the staff lines thinner, to reflect the fact that most singers look at the shape of the notes more than their placement on the staff. I used LaTeX, a scientific typesetting program, to compile and design the entire book with input from the committee. We used fonts inspired by early twentieth century typefaces.
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The Shenandoah Harmony is being used more and more around the world.
Here in Los Angeles, we sing from it every other Thursday and on Fifth Sundays.
VERY LEGIBLE (better than The Sacred Harp).
To quibble, Rachel Hall says "
typeset the music" but of course Lilypond is about engraving, not typesetting.
And that's why it's so beautiful.
Come sing with us if you're ever in Los Angeles,
David Olson
<http://www.hosorembo.com/>
From: "Brad Eberly" <address@hidden>
To: "lilypond-user" <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 2:31:32 AM
Subject: FW: shaped notes
Dear Sirs:
I was interested in a music writing program that uses Lilypond as a ‘base’. I was just wondering if Lilypond has the capability of typesetting music in shaped notes as that is the primary form that I would be writing music in. Thank you so much for your time!
Sincerely,
Marshall L. Eberly
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