Help:Contributing

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You can edit without an account, but this is encouraged if you do more than a handful of edits so that other editors can recognize you and discuss with you in case of need.

To create a new page, type the title in the search box, then click on the red link. A simple page can be structured as follows:

Some explanatory text.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
{ c'^"a note!" }
</lilypond>

This renders like this:

Some explanatory text.
\version "2.24.0"

{ c'^"a note!" }


First, describe what the snippet does and how to use it. Use wikitext markup like ''italic'' for italic, '''bold''' for bold and <code>\command</code> for \command.

The LilyPond snippet goes between <lilypond version="..."> and </lilypond>. The version parameter is the LilyPond version used to compile the snippet. A \version statement with this version will also be added automatically, so don't repeat it in the snippet code. You can use any LilyPond version (it will be automatically downloaded if needed), but you should generally use the latest stable LilyPond version, unless your snippet specifically requires a newer development version.

If you need to demonstrate page layout features, use the full keyword to prevent cropping, like this: <lilypond version="..." full>.