scores-ly

Initiative by Joakim Sandström. Tech support by Tobias Skarhed.

Programmatic representation of classical songs (TTBB). These songs are in the public domain. The Lilypond files may be used to generate PDFs and compile however you want, but they are also published to a website

Features

• Generate PDFs (or other formats)
• Generate MIDI-files for part separately
• Use LaTeX to append the PDFs into a song book
• MIDI files and scores are published to the website

How to add songs with Lilypond

The files are written with Lilypond. It is a good idea to separate the parts when writing so that the MIDI files can be correctly generated. There is a video tutorial available for new users. If you want the song to appear on the website, add a .yaml file with title and author in the same place as the main.ly.

How to develop the website

1. Install nodejs
2. Run npm install to install dependencies
3. RUn npm run build:songs to generate SVGs and MIDI files
4. Run npm run build:pre-11ty to generate metadata files for 11ty to use
5. Run npm start to develop with 11ty

Ideas

• Make good templates for generating song books