TablEdit Users Say:
"I have used TablEdit for a many years and it has been my friend, fellow musician and source of inspiration to keep on playing and learning. I play the mandolin and have written many tunes using TablEdit and shared them with my friends in sessions. I cannot think of a better way to practice or just be creative and write. TablEdit is perfect."
- John Dunbar, Australia
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TablEdit and LilyPond
If you want to give the arrangments you created with TablEdit the typographical aesthetics of traditional engraved music, LilyPond export is for you.
The command { File -> Export -> Lilypond } allows you to create LilyPond files (.ly extension).
Then drag and drop the .ly file on the Lilypond desktop icon. A pdf file is automatically created by Lilypond.
The output of Lilypond is far from that of TablEdit as shown by the examples below.
For each example you can find:
- the original TablEdit .tef file
- the .ly generated by TablEdit,
- the pdf printed by TablEdit using PrimoPDF.
- the pdf generated by Lilypond from the .ly file.
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or 
to download the related file.
Musette In Dmaj - Johann Sebastian Bach
- PDF printed with TablEdit
- PDF created with LilyPond from TablEdit export
- Zipped .tef and .ly files
Bourree in E min - Johann Sebastian Bach
- PDF printed with TablEdit
- PDF created with LilyPond from TablEdit export
- Zipped .tef and .ly files
Aria Suite n° 3 - Johann Sebastian Bach
- PDF printed with TablEdit
- PDF created with LilyPond from TablEdit export
- Zipped .tef and .ly files
At this stage, there is much information in TablEdit files that are not included in the exported LilyPond file. Any idea, comment or suggestion would be welcome, since it would help us identifying issues to tackle and priority developments. Please use the Feedback form to get in touch with us.