Abjad 2.14 documentation

Welcome! This is the documentation for Abjad 2.14, last updated Dec 27, 2013.

Abjad helps composers build up complex pieces of music notation in an iterative and incremental way. Use Abjad to create a symbolic representation of all the notes, rests, staves, tuplets, beams and slurs in any score. Because Abjad extends the Python programming language, you can use Abjad to make systematic changes to your music as you work. And because Abjad wraps the powerful LilyPond music notation package, you can use Abjad to control the typographic details of the symbols on the page.

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Documentation

Start here introduction and installation System overview important concepts Examples from the literature Tutorials step-by-step instructions for beginners

Reference manual working with Abjad For developers guidelines for contributors Appendices reference tables Abjad API the complete reference

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In conversation

From Trevor, Josiah & Víctor greetings from the Abjad developers

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Download

• Install Abjad with pip: sudo pip install abjad
• Download an archive from PyPi, the Python Package Index: pypi.python.org/pypi/Abjad
• Check-out a cutting-edge copy from our git repository: https://github.com/Abjad/abjad

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Mailing lists

• abjad-user
• abjad-devel