LY

LilyPond music score

File type: Audio and sound file

Files with ly suffix can be mainly encountered as music notations made and saved using the LilyPond music notation software.

What is ly file?

File type category:
Audio and sound file

Date updated: December 20, 2016

File extension ly is mainly associated with LilyPond, a free musical score creation program distributed under GNU Project. It uses text files to describe music, hence it is in some ways more similar to a programming language than graphical score editing software.

A .ly file contains saved music notation.

How to open ly file?

Except for LilyPond, some alternative music notation programs also support .ly fils.

How to convert ly file?

LilyPond allows users export of music notations to several formats.

Suggested software to open ly file:

LilyPond

LilyPond for Mac

LilyPond for Linux

Associated software actions with the ly file

Open

Software applications that can open ly files:

LilyPond (Microsoft Windows)

LilyPond for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

LilyPond for Linux (Linux/Unix)

Edit

Software applications that can edit ly files:

LilyPond (Microsoft Windows)

LilyPond for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

LilyPond for Linux (Linux/Unix)

Save

Software capable of saving ly files:

LilyPond (Microsoft Windows)

LilyPond for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

LilyPond for Linux (Linux/Unix)

Create

Software apps that create ly files:

LilyPond (Microsoft Windows)

LilyPond for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

LilyPond for Linux (Linux/Unix)

Export

Software apps that export ly files:

MuseScore (Microsoft Windows)

bwwtolily (Microsoft Windows)

TuxGuitar (Multiplatform)