Jekyll LilyPond Converter

Add lily code blocks to your markdown blog post and automatically convert the code to sheet music using LilyPond.

Installation and Usage

• Install LilyPond and ensure the lilypond executable is on your $PATH
• Add this gem to your Jekyll-based static site repository's Gemfile
• Add lily_images/ to your .gitignore

• Add the converter to your _config.yml file:

  gems:

  • jekyll-lilypond-converter

• (Optional) specify LilyPond image format in _config.yml (default is svg, alternative option is png)

  lilypond-image-format: png

• Add lily code to a markdown post:

  This is a C major chord:

    \relative {
      <c' e g>
    }