Frescobaldi MIDI generation and playback in Linux

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Generating MIDI file via LilyPond

1. add \midi {} line to \score {} section
2. click LilyPond - Engrave
3. check if there is now line like MIDI output to 'example.midi'... in LilyPond Log window
4. see also https://www.frescobaldi.org/uguide#help_ts_midi_generate

Playing MIDI file from Frescobaldi

1. install package fluidsynth and soundfont-fluid to your system
2. create symlink sudo ln -s /usr/share/soundfonts/FluidR3_GM.sf2 /usr/share/soundfonts/default.sf2
3. create service file ~/.config/systemd/user/fluidsynth.service with content as follows
4. start service systemctl --user daemon-reload; systemctl --user start fluidsynth.service
5. select Edit - Preferences - MIDI Settings - Player output: FluidSynth
6. jfyi, Close unusend MIDI output is a recommended option
7. (feel free to restart Frescobaldi)
8. click LilyPond - Engrave
9. click play in MIDI player window (Tools - MIDI - MIDI Player) and hear the music!
10. see also https://github.com/frescobaldi/frescobaldi/wiki/MIDI-playback-on-Linux and https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/FluidSynth

fluidsynth.service

# ~/.config/systemd/user/fluidsynth.service
[Unit]
Description=FluidSynth launched in server mode
After=sound.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/fluidsynth -a pulseaudio -m alsa_seq -i -l -s -p FluidSynth /usr/share/soundfonts/default.sf2

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

links.md

what's next?

1. http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/learning/notes-lyrics-and-chords
2. http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/learning

LilyPond songs examples

1. hub1
2. hub2
3. http://bbloomf.github.io/lilypond-songs
4. https://github.com/SchneidyParis/lilypond-pieces