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<center><h1>About VocalEasel</h1></center>
<p>VocalEasel is a program to edit vocal jazz lead sheets and generate and
play accompaniments. It is designed to be:</p>
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<li>Free to use and redistribute to others.</li>
<li>Easy to use.</li>
<li>Powerful enough to produce adequate results for typical lead sheets.</li>
<li>Open, i.e.
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<li>You can obtain and change the source code to adapt
VocalEasel to your needs (or hire somebody to do so).</li>
<li>VocalEasel tries to produce standard formats like MIDI, PDF, and
MusicXML whenever possible, to give you the freedom to interchange files
with other software.</li>
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<p>VocalEasel was written and designed by Matthias Neeracher
<<a href="mailto:neeracher@mac.com">neeracher@mac.com</a>></p>
<p>For producing printable lead sheets, VocalEasel relies on the
<a href="http://www.lilypond.org">LilyPond</a> system written by
Han-Wen Nienhuys <<a href="mailto:hanwen@xs4all.nl">hanwen@xs4all.nl</a>>, Jan Nieuwenhuizen <<a href="mailto:janneke@gnu.org">janneke@gnu.org</a>>,
and others.</p>
<p>For producing MIDI accompaniments, VocalEasel relies on the
<a href="http://www.mellowood.ca/mma">MMA</a> Musical Midi Accompaniment system
written by Robert van der Poel <<a href="mailto:bob@mellowood.ca">bob@mellowood.ca</a>>.</p>
<p>The Band-in-a-Box import code is based on reverse engineering work by Alf Warnock <<a href="http://www.alfwarnock.info/alfs">http://www.alfwarnock.info/alfs</a>> and Alain Brenzikofer <<a href="mailto:biabconverter@brenzi.ch">biabconverter@brenzi.ch</a>></p>
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