LyMaker

Version 0.3

LyMaker is a program which was designed to generate Lilypond source files. It can generate basslines, harmonies and drumlines. LyMaker is written in Python and needs Python 2.6 or higher. It is not tested with Python 3.0 however.

Command line options

The parameters for the song generation have to be specified in an xml file. So, there are only a few command line options available. The name of the executable is LyMaker.py

-h prints a help screen

-f you need this to specify the name of the xml parameter file. Omit the extension!

-t writes a template xml file

The output file takes the name of the input xml file albeit with the extension ly instead of xml.

-s prints out the valid notes and chords for a given scale. Enter -s”c major” or –show=”d minor” for example.

Example:

python LyMaker.py –ftest