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@chapheading @qq{Obsessed with putting ink on paper}
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@unnumberedsec What is behind LilyPond?


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LilyPond is not unique in making music notation: there are a lot of
programs that print music, and nowadays most of the newly printed
music is made with computers.  Unfortunately, that also shows: just
ask any musician that plays classical music: new scores do not look as
nice as old ones.

What is the difference between hand-work and machine work, and what
  has caused it?  How can we improve the situation?  This essay explains
  problems in music notation (software), and our approach to solving
  them.

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    @ref{introduction.html,Introduction}: what's wrong with
    computer music notation.
  

  @item

    @ref{software.html,What's wrong with software}, or how
    Finale is not the end-all of music software.
  

  @item

    @ref{problem-statement.html,How not to design software},
    or: modeling music notation.
  

  @item

    @ref{divide-and-conquer.html,Divide and conqueror},
    A blue print for automated notation.
  

  @item

    @ref{implementing-notation.html,Impressive, but does it also
      work in theory}? A practical approach to capturing notation.

  @item

    @ref{engraving.html,Music engraving}, the art of printing
    music.
  


  @item

    @ref{implementing-typography.html,Implementing typography}:
    hackers attack the engraving problem.
  

  @item

    @ref{formatting-architecture.html,A flexible program
      architecture} lets us write engraving software 
  

  @item

    @ref{scoring-esthetics.html,Beautiful numbers}: how
    LilyPond participates in the Miss World contests.
  

  @item

    @ref{benchmarking.html,Notation benchmarking}: is a flexible
    architecture enough?
  

  @item

    @ref{typography-features.html,Typographical features} unique
    to LilyPond.
  

  @item

    @ref{input-format.html,Input format}: how to enter music. 
  

  @item

    @ref{conclusion.html,Conclusion}
  

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This essay is also available in @ref{big-page.html,one big
  page}.

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