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Music Score (Lead Sheet)

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Music Score (Lead Sheet)

Lead-sheet style music document with a header block for song metadata and placeholder musical notation using the musixtex package. Easily adapted for jazz charts.

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Free to use (MIT)

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music-score-lilypond/main.tex

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[a4paper,margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}
% This template uses descriptive text rather than engraved notation
% to remain compilable with a basic TeX install. For engraved output,
% use the musixtex or lilypond-book packages.

\pagestyle{empty}

\begin{document}

\begin{center}
  {\Huge\bfseries Autumn Waltz}\\[0.2em]
  {\large Music and lyrics by First Last}\\[0.2em]
  {\small Key of G major \;•\; Tempo: $\approx 108$ BPM \;•\; 3/4 time}
\end{center}

\vspace{1em}

\noindent\textbf{Intro (4 bars):} \verb|| G |  Em |  C  D |  G ||

\vspace{0.5em}

\noindent\textbf{Verse 1}\\
\textbf{G} \hspace{2em} \textbf{Em} \hspace{2em} \textbf{Am} \hspace{2em} \textbf{D}\\
Leaves are falling, quiet and slow, \\
\textbf{G} \hspace{2em} \textbf{Em} \hspace{2em} \textbf{C} \hspace{2em} \textbf{D}\\
Carry me where the willows grow. \\

\noindent\textbf{Chorus}\\
\textbf{C} \hspace{2em} \textbf{G} \hspace{2em} \textbf{Am} \hspace{2em} \textbf{D}\\
Dance with me one autumn waltz, \\
\textbf{C} \hspace{2em} \textbf{G} \hspace{2em} \textbf{D} \hspace{2em} \textbf{G}\\
Before the winter calls its halts.

\vspace{0.5em}

\noindent\textbf{Verse 2}\\
\textbf{G} \hspace{2em} \textbf{Em} \hspace{2em} \textbf{Am} \hspace{2em} \textbf{D}\\
Street lamps flicker, amber and gold, \\
\textbf{G} \hspace{2em} \textbf{Em} \hspace{2em} \textbf{C} \hspace{2em} \textbf{D}\\
Old songs travel where new ones hold.

\vspace{0.5em}

\noindent\textbf{Bridge}\\
\textbf{Em} \hspace{2em} \textbf{Bm} \hspace{2em} \textbf{C} \hspace{2em} \textbf{D}\\
Time is just a measure we keep, \\
\textbf{Em} \hspace{2em} \textbf{Bm} \hspace{2em} \textbf{C} \hspace{2em} \textbf{D}\\
Love is just a promise we sleep.

\vspace{0.5em}

\noindent\textbf{Outro (repeat and fade):} \verb|| G |  Em |  C  D |  G ||

\vspace{1em}
\hrule
\vspace{0.5em}

\noindent\textbf{Performance notes.} Play the bass line in steady quarter notes.
Accent beat 1 in the verse, beat 2 in the chorus. Bridge may be played
double-time for contrast. For live performance, repeat the chorus twice at the end.

\end{document}
Bibby Mascot

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