On 10/21/10 12:28, Atte André Jensen wrote: > On 2010-10-20 19:41, Erik Steffl wrote: > >> I have lot of sheet music for practicing (guitar) and would love to >> have a simple way to put it into computer so that I can play it. >> >> Something that makes it easy to write music, could be just text (like >> http://abc.sourceforge.net/) > > I prefer abc over lilypond. The input is more compact and human > readable, and the output is quite good. I use it for all my teaching > which includes a book on music theory, a book an improvisation plus > arrangements I write for everything from two pianos to a jazz sextet to > an 10 mand soul band. > > Just make sure you use abcm2ps (http://moinejf.free.fr/) which is the > best implementation of abc-to-postscript by far. You might find my own > abctool (http://atte.dk/abctool/) useful too... > There's also a few wiki-plugins around that support ABC notation - might come in handy when teaching, involving students or working collaboratively. FWIW, wiki.linuxaudio.org can render ABC to midi and postscript and png. eg http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/abcmiditutorial Cheers! robin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
