gregrs-uk / anglican-chant-template

A template for typesetting psalms using LaTeX, LilyPond and GNU Make

Anglican chant template

A template for typesetting psalms using LaTeX, LilyPond and GNU Make. For an example, see the psalm.pdf file.

Files

File	Purpose
psalm.ltx	the LaTeX file containing the text
psalm.sty	the LaTeX style file which defines various things
chant.ly	the LilyPond file for the chant
Makefile	defines how to build the final PDF from each component
chant.png	the image file for the chant, created automatically by make
psalm.pdf	the final PDF file, created automatically by make

Example usage

1. Edit psalm.ltx appropriately, referring to the original psalm.ltx file for the commands to use (e.g. \bl for bar line)

2. Edit chant.ly appropriately

3. Run make to create psalm.pdf

Tweaking things

You can define various spacing variables using \setlength or commands using \renewcommand within your psalm.ltx file. See psalm.sty for the default definitions.