Lye

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Lye

Paradigm(s)	declarative
Designed by	User:Corbin
Appeared in	2011
Dimensions	one-dimensional
Computational class	Unknown
Reference implementation	[1]
File extension(s)	{{{files}}}

Lye is a declarative language for musical expressions. It is inspired by a feature of the LilyPond toolchain which renders musical expressions to MIDI files.

Syntax

Lye's syntax is a strict subset of LilyPond which has no computational content. Notably, it lacks embedded Scheme. Supported features include:

• Notes
  • Pitches
  • Accidentals
  • Octaves
  • Durations
  • Ties
• Rests
• Chords
• Voices
• Dynamics
• Tuplets
• Drums mode
• Relative mode