Add lily code blocks to your markdown blog post and automatically convert the code to sheet music using LilyPond.

• Install LilyPond and ensure the lilypond executable is on your $PATH

• Add this gem to your Jekyll-based static site repository's Gemfile

• Add lily_images/ to your .gitignore

• Add the converter to your _config.yml file:

  gems:
  - jekyll-lilypond-converter
  

• (Optional) specify LilyPond image format in _config.yml (default is svg, alternative option is png)

  lilypond-image-format: png
  

• Add lily code to a markdown post:

  This is a C major chord:
  
  ```lilypond
  \relative {
    <c' e g>
  }
  ```