## Clarification on the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) Applicability
### Background
Hello,
I have been exploring the LilyPond 2.24.4 documentation as I plan to use
LilyPond along with LaTeX to write some music education books for sale on
Amazon. However, I have come across some concerns r
**Title: Clarification on Commercial Use of Fonts Embedded in
LilyPond-Generated PDFs**
Hello everyone,
A few hours ago, I posted a question mainly focusing on whether sheet music
generated by LilyPond would be subject to any licensing restrictions that
could affect its commercial use. I’ve since
**Subject: Issues with Embedding Long LilyPond Scores in LaTeX**
Dear LilyPond Users,
I’ve encountered an issue when embedding a long LilyPond file into a LaTeX
document. My goal is to include a lengthy musical score within the text,
but the current method results in the entire score being render
Dear Werner,
Thank you so much for your guidance on reducing the complexity of my
LilyPond score step by step to identify the issue. Your suggestion indeed
helped me pinpoint the problem. The issue stemmed from my attempt to embed
the score as a figure-like object within the LaTeX document. My goa
Thanks for the tip.
On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 1:28 PM Werner LEMBERG wrote:
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> Glad that you could identify and fix the problem.
>
> > Now, my challenge is how to retain the numbering and indexing of
> > these scores in the document without treating them as figures. I
> > want to be able to cross
Thank you, Werner, very much, for the tips. They work for me.
On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 6:07 PM Peter X wrote:
> Thanks for the tip.
>
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 1:28 PM Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>
>>
>> Glad that you could identify and fix the problem.
>>
>> >
Dear LilyPond Community,
I hope this message finds you well. I'm reaching out because I've
encountered an issue when attempting to embed LilyPond files into the cells
of a LaTeX table, specifically when these files are placed in the second
column of the table.
### Issue Description:
When I embed
Dear LilyPond Community,
I am currently working on a project where I need to incorporate musical
notation symbols directly into a LaTeX document. Specifically, I am looking
for a way to insert a tie or slur symbol (the curved line connecting two
notes) as an inline element within the text.
I unde
Dear LilyPond Community,
I hope this message finds you well.
I am currently working on a project where I have a score that is long
enough to automatically wrap onto a new line. This score involves a single
instrument, but the question would apply equally well to scores involving
multiple instrume
Subject: Inquiry About Commercial Use of Fonts Extracted from PDF for Book
Publishing
Dear LilyPond Community,
I hope this message finds you well. I’m reaching out for some assistance
regarding the commercial use of several fonts that were embedded in a PDF
document. I am in the process of publ
o the 1001 free fonts site. It is
> listed as “Free for Commercial Use.”
> You could use the same process for the other.
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> *From:* lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org
> *On Behalf Of *Peter
> X
> *Sent:* Saturday, October 19,
Hello LilyPond Community,
I hope this message finds you well.
I’ve been working on a project using LilyPond’s TabStaff, and I’ve
encountered an issue regarding how half notes are displayed when stems are
enabled. Currently, when using \tabFullNotation to show stems on the
tablature, the half note
Hello, Werner,
The issue is opened like this:
https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/6763
On Sat, Nov 9, 2024 at 12:53 PM Werner LEMBERG wrote:
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> > Thank you for your response. Below are two examples that illustrate
> > the more traditional way of displaying half note stems [...]
>
>
Hi everyone,
I’ve encountered what appears to be a rendering issue with ties when using
\repeat volta and \alternative endings in LilyPond 2.24.4.
Below is a minimal example that illustrates two problems:
lilypond```
\version "2.24.4"
\fixed c' {
\time 4/4
r2. g8 a8 ~ |
% ✅ This tie dis
Thank you mark.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM wrote:
> Peter X,
>
>
>
> That is a tweak somewhat beyond my ken.
>
> Someone with more knowledge of the codes can help with this.
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> *From:* Peter X
> *Sent:* Monday, March 24,
8 a8 ~ | \break
\repeat volta 2 {
a2. c8 c'8 ~ | \break
\alternative {
\volta 1 {
c'2. b8 a8\laissezVibrer \bar ":|."
}
\volta 2 {
\break
c'1\repeatTie |
}
}
c1 \bar "|."
}
}
```
On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM wrote:
> Peter X,
>
>
Thank you all, Mark, Knute, and Robin. These tips are helpful. Now I've got
the perfect solution.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM Robin Bannister wrote:
> Peter X wrote:
>
> > I have a follow-up question:
> > In a situation where there’s a \break, the tie created
Dear LilyPond Team,
First of all, thank you for your remarkable work on LilyPond. The ChordGrid
functionality is a brilliant tool for visually representing chord
progressions with clarity and precision, especially in lead-sheet formats
popular in jazz and contemporary music.
I’m writing to ask fo
Dear LilyPond Community,
I’m currently working on a simple melody layout using a single-staff score,
and I’m quite happy with how the system breaks look overall. However, I’m
trying to improve the visual balance of the final line.
As shown in the attached example, I would like the final line—cont
headers and footers to LaTeX in such
contexts, but I’d love to know if there’s an officially recommended way to
preserve the copyright footer even in embedded use.
Thanks again for your time and generous advice!
Best regards,
Peter X
On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM Павел wrote:
> David Poon
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On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 7:21 AM Knute Snortum wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM Peter X wrote:
>
>> Dear LilyPond Team,
>>
>> First of all, thank you for your remarkable work on LilyPond. The
>> ChordGrid functionality is a brilliant tool for visually repr
Hi Kieren,
Thanks so much for your reply and the detailed code snippet!
I gave it a try — it definitely helps organize things more cleanly — but
I’m still not quite getting the effect I’m hoping for. I’ve attached a
screenshot of the current output.
[image: image.png]
What I’m aiming for is t
Dear LilyPond Community,
I hope you’re all doing well! I’m currently working on an educational lead
sheet project using LilyPond, and I’d like to ask for your advice on a
formatting challenge involving the ChordNames context.
⸻
🎯 The Goal
I’d like to overlay custom Roman numeral-style text labe
Wow, this is absolutely perfect — exactly what I envisioned! Not only is
your technical solution brilliant, but you also understood my needs so
quickly and clearly. Truly impressive — thank you so much!
Finally I chose lightpink as the color, which matches my taste perfectly.
[image: image.png]
pitch f1 → MIDI: 65
- Found pitch g1 → MIDI: 67
- Found pitch a1 → MIDI: 69
- Found pitch g1 → MIDI: 67
[image: image.png]
On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> Am 23.04.25 um 05:41 schrieb Peter X:
> > I’m trying to figure out how to print the
Hi Peter,
>
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM Peter X wrote:
>
>> I’m trying to figure out how to print the MIDI number of each note in a
>> score using a Scheme engraver — for example, I’d like c' to print as 60, d'
>> as 62, etc., during compilation.
&g
Hi everyone,
I’d like to display the pitch name (letter + octave number) above each note
in a given music expression — for example:
• C₄ above c'
• G₄ above g'
I can manually do this using markups, like:
c'4^\markup { \raise #2 \concat { "C" \sub "4" } }
But I’m wondering:
Is there a way to de
Dear LilyPond community,
I’m trying to figure out how to print the MIDI number of each note in a
score using a Scheme engraver — for example, I’d like c' to print as 60, d'
as 62, etc., during compilation.
Here is a simplified example of the kind of input I’m working with:
\version "2.24.4"
\sc
Dear LilyPond community,
I’m working on an arrangement that requires a copyright notice (tagline) to
appear at the bottom of the first page only. The text should not appear at
the end of the score, nor should it appear on every page.
I’ve created a minimal example using \tagline in the \header bl
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to produce a clean and aligned layout in LilyPond where each
line contains exactly two measures, and the measure widths on each line are
exactly equal. Additionally, I want the final (fifth) bar — which is a
short bar containing 16 sixteenth notes — to have the same width a
Subject: How to assign syllables to specific notes when melody serves
different purposes?
Dear LilyPond community,
I’m currently working on a piece of music that uses the following structure:
```
\version "2.24.4"
melody = \relative c'' {
\key c \major
\time 4/4
a8 (g8) f4 e d \break
}
lyrics
Hello, Valentin and Kieren
I have tried Valentin's method on my side. It works beautifully.
Thank you guys very much.
On Wed, May 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM Kieren MacMillan
wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> Valentin’s suggestion should help you make it work in v2.24.
>
> That being said…
>
> > Before I go ahead
Hi Kieren,
Thanks again for your detailed response! I agree — your results look
exactly like what I’m aiming for, and it makes sense that version
differences might explain the discrepancy.
Before I go ahead and install v2.25.24, I just wanted to ask a quick
question about compatibility. Since 2.2
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