Thank you, those are exactly the kinds of music typesetting/engraving software (and notation syntax) I was curious about. Following a few links, I found a grea

Thank you, those are exactly the kinds of music typesetting/engraving software (and notation syntax) I was curious about. Following a few links, I found a great overview: MusiXTEX - Using TEX to write polyphonic instrumental music http://icking-music-archive.org/software/musixtex/musixdoc.pdf http://icking-music-archive.org/software/musixtex/musixdoc.p... (pdf) For Lilypond, here's an introduction that demonstrates how to "write music by typing text": Lilypond: "Compiling" Music https://lilypond.org/text-input.html https://lilypond.org/text-input.html