[schot]

How does this compare to LilyPond? I'm surprised it isn't mentioned at all, since from a first glance the notation looks very similar.

[0]: http://lilypond.org/

[rekado]

I actually used LilyPond for composition. It's a little less convenient because MIDI output is rather limited. But it gets the job done:

https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2020/music-production-on-guix-s...

[tartoran]

"LilyPond is a music engraving program", great for writing sheet music. This seems to be a music composition tool, eg you can use the repl to tweak your performance

[nemetroid]

I didn't see anything in the tutorial that LilyPond doesn't also do (and in a similar way).

[ARandomerDude]

I don't see support for adding lyrics in Alda unless I'm missing it.