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+Sing Alongs
+===========
+
+[Latest build](http://vault.vanwa.ch/builds/singalongs_last_build.pdf)
+
+Motivation
+----------
+
+I love to play the tin whistle and around 2012 I was looking for some sheet
+music. There are a lot of good resources out there but the one thing I have
+never found was a collection which was free (as in freedom) and usable for
+printing. And if something does not exist why not try and create it yourself?
+
+At this point I discovered [Lilypond](http://www.lilypond.org/) a wonderful
+project for music engraving. The best part is that it has support for embedding
+its scores in LaTeX files so it is possible to get complex layouts without a
+big hassle. As a programmer I instantly liked the approach because I did not
+need a big editor but could just write text files which I then could manage
+with something like [git](http://git-scm.com/). 
+
+Contact
+-------
+You can reach me at [trac.singalongs@nulda.ch](mailto:trac.singalongs@nulda.ch)
+
+Github
+------
+Main development happens at http://trac.vanwa.ch/sing_alongs but there is a
+mirror of the git repository
+on[Github](https://github.com/thallian/sing_alongs).
+