Re: Downloading music encoded in LilyPad

[David Bobroff]

Roger and Myra wrote:
> I often download music from CPDL and other places.
> Sometimes, the music is available as LilyPad as well as midi & PDF.
> I downloaded the LilyPad program so I could get music in a form 
> where I can transpose, extract parts etc., but I can't make it go!
> When I click on "LilyPad" after a score I want, I get a bunch of
> text.  Is that normal?  If so, then what?
>
>                                                                             
> Roger Morris
>                                                                               aka Papamy  

Yes, this is normal.  LilyPond uses a text-based input.  The text file 
is processed by LilyPond and outputs a PDF of the finished music.  It is 
possible to run LilyPond on *.ly files that you download, but be aware 
that the input syntax changes as LilyPond evolves and older files may 
not work correctly with newer versions of LilyPond.

-David