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# Sing Alongs
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A collection of songs to play and sing.
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## Motivation
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I love to play the tin whistle and around 2012 I was looking for some sheet
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music. There are a lot of good resources out there but the one thing I have
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never found was a collection which was free (as in freedom) and usable for
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printing. And if something does not exist why not try and create it yourself?
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At that point I discovered [Lilypond](http://www.lilypond.org/) a wonderful
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project for music engraving and I started building.
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## Building
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Development happens at https://code.vanwa.ch/shu/sing-alongs.
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### Prerequisites
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Either use the provided [nix flake](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes) to take care
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of everything or ensure the following is installed:
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- [lilypond](https://lilypond.org)
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- [typst](https://github.com/typst/typst) binary
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- a tex installation (for example [TeX Live](https://www.tug.org/texlive/)) with
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the _pdfcrop_ and _pdfjam_ commands (yes, I am working to remove that
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dependency)
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- [gnu make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) (might work with other makes,
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never tested it)
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- _opusenc_ from [opus-tools](https://opus-codec.org/downloads/)
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- a sound font, for example
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[Fluid](https://member.keymusician.com/Member/FluidR3_GM/index.html)
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- [timidity++](https://sourceforge.net/projects/timidity/)
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- _pdftocairo_ from [poppler-utils](https://poppler.freedesktop.org/)
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The makefile defines multiple targets:
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- opus: converts the song melodies to opus files for listening
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- book: build a songbook as a pdf and additionaly generate a booklet fit for
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double sided flip printing
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To build all just run `make` and it takes care of everything.
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## License
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My understanding is that all these songs already are in the public domain and
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there is no need to explicitly set a license.
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All copyrights that could arise from other sides (makefile or whatever) are
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waived under [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).
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## Contact
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You can reach me at [shu@vanwa.ch](mailto:shu@vanwa.ch)
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