On Tuesday 16 October 2007 14:52, Bill White wrote: > Josh Lawrence wrote: > > Hello all! > > > > I group I recently joined is doing a gig in two weeks. After a few > > months of practicing, there are still a few tunes that I don't have > > memorized, so I need to generate a lead sheet pretty quickly. I could > > write them out by hand fairly easily, but I would like to keep a > > digital library of leadsheets. Is there a program that will generate > > "realbook-style" leadsheets for Linux? I basically need just a simple > > staff with what I call rhythm slashes, and a mechanism for putting > > chord symbols above the staff. (Jazz players who have spent many > > nights in a dark room reading the original - and illegal - Real Book > > know exactly what I'm looking for here.) > > > > I realize there are complex tools like Lilypond that will probably do > > this, but I would like something simpler, maybe with a gui. > > > > Thanks! > > abc will do this (I think), though you can add notes as well. I just sent some links to the list for some gui / abc stuff. Don't know if they will do this style, but one will put notes on a staff... > > No gui though. I have to admit, my small experience with GUI > notation tools tells me that they are a mistake, at least if > you are a touch typist. all the best, drew _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
