Extension:Score

The Score extension requires setting up an external service, Shellbox , to securely process musical scores via LilyPond. Please review the information in #Security concerns and the 2021 security advisory before installing this extension.

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Score Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag
Description	Allows rendering of musical scores with LilyPond
Author(s)	Alexander Klauer, Étienne Beaulé
Latest version	0.3.0 (2019-03-23)
MediaWiki	1.36+
PHP	5.3+
License	GNU General Public License 3.0 or later
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Parameters $wgScorePath $wgScoreAbc2Ly $wgScoreFluidsynth $wgScoreLame $wgScoreEnvironment $wgScoreLilyPond $wgWikibaseMusicalNotationLineWidthInches $wgScoreImageMagickConvert $wgScoreLilyPondFakeVersion $wgScoreFileBackend $wgScoreDirectory $wgScoreTrim $wgScoreGhostscript $wgMusicalNotationEnableWikibaseDataType $wgScoreOfferSourceDownload $wgScoreMaxLength $wgScoreDebugOutput $wgScoreUseSvg $wgScoreDisableExec $wgScoreSafeMode $wgScoreSoundfont
Tags score
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit SoftwareInfo WikibaseClientDataTypes WikibaseRepoDataTypes
Quarterly downloads	23 (Ranked 112nd)
Public wikis using	918 (Ranked 265th)
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The Score extension allows the rendering of musical scores as PNG images using LilyPond and can also transform them into audio and MIDI files.

• The original Extension:LilyPond was written by Johannes E. Schindelin.
• This extension is based on a code review of Extension:LilyPond by Tim Starling.
• The original Extension:ABC was written by River Tarnell.

After setup, you can embed simple LilyPond notation into your wikitext inside a ‎<score>...‎</score> tag. For example:

<score>\relative c' { f d f a d f e d cis a cis e a g f e }</score>

yields:

You may also specify attributes to the score tags in the general form

<score attribute1="value1" attribute2="value2">…</score>.

For example:

<score sound="1">\relative c' { \set Staff.midiInstrument = "tenor sax" f d f a d f e d cis a cis e a g f e }</score>

yields:

The following attributes are available:

<score lang="ABC">
X:1
M:C
L:1/4
K:C
C, D, E, F,|G, A, B, C|D E F G|A B c d|
e f g a|b c' d' e'|f' g' a' b'|]
</score>

Lyrics may be added like this:

<score>
\relative c'' { \time 4/4 \key c \major 
c4 g8 g a4 g r b^> c^> r \bar "|." } 
\addlyrics { Shave and a hair -- cut: two bits. }
</score>

For advanced users, the \set Staff.midiInstrument command can be used to change the MIDI instrument for the sound.

The following packages are recommended:

• LilyPond
• Ghostscript
• ImageMagick
• FluidSynth
• Firejail

This extension uses LilyPond to render score images, so you need a working LilyPond installation (Special:Version displays the LilyPond version). If you install LilyPond from a package, Ghostscript will also be installed, since LilyPond depends on Ghostscript. ImageMagick should be installed to trim the images, otherwise they will contain an excessive amount of whitespace.

For security reasons, it is highly recommended to install firejail to further restrict what LilyPond and Ghostscript can do if untrusted users are allowed to edit your wiki.

The extension is also capable of creating audio files from the MIDI files generated by LilyPond. If you want to make use of this functionality, you need to have Extension:TimedMediaHandler installed.

FluidSynth is the preferred method to convert MIDI files to audio files, however TiMidity++ is also supported.

Score uses LilyPond in safe mode, however there are known unfixed safe mode escape vulnerabilities leading to arbitrary execution.

If you don't absolutely trust everyone who has editing privileges on your wiki, it is strongly recommended to set up containment of lilypond using Shellbox . See Shellbox#Server setup for details on how to set up the contained server, and below for configuring MediaWiki to use it. Also, ensure you're using a recent version of LilyPond (2.22.0+) or a distribution package (e.g. from Debian) that has security fixes. Keep safe mode enabled, even with containment as an extra layer of defense. Certain functionality will not work in safe mode, the fix for that is to modify LilyPond to allow that functionality in safe mode.

See the extension's README.md for detailed installation instructions.

• Download and move the extracted Score folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/Score
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'Score' );
  $wgScoreTrim = true;
  $wgImageMagickConvertCommand = '/usr/bin/convert';
  $wgShellboxUrl = '... address to Shellbox ...';
  $wgShellboxSecretKey = '... your secret key ...';
  

• Create a subdirectory named lilypond in your $wgUploadDirectory (usually the directory named images in your MediaWiki directory). Make sure the directory is writable by your Web server.
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Here are some of the extension's global configuration parameters.

Set $wgScoreLilyPond to the path to your LilyPond executable (typically /usr/bin/lilypond or /usr/local/bin/lilypond).

The $wgScoreTrim is a boolean which defaults to the value of $wgUseImageMagick. If true, the resulting score PNG images are trimmed with ImageMagick. If you don't want trimming, or don't want to install ImageMagick, set $wgScoreTrim to false.

Set $wgScoreAbc2Ly to the path of your ABC to LilyPond converter executable (typically /usr/bin/abc2ly or /usr/local/bin/abc2ly).

Set $wgScoreFluidsynth to the path of your Fluidsynth executable (typically /usr/bin/fluidsynth or /usr/local/bin/fluidsynth).

Set $wgScoreSoundfont to the path of your soundfont file (typically /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 or /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GS.sf2).

Set $wgScoreLame to the path of your Lame executable (typically /usr/bin/lame or /usr/local/bin/lame). Required if the generated audio file should be a MP3.

This extension runs various binaries in a Shellbox to provide some security. You may have to increase $wgMaxShellMemory if you get "out of memory" errors.

Pages containing ‎<score> tags are in the tracking category with message name 'score-use-category'. Visit Special:TrackingCategories to find the localized title of this category on your wiki and show the pages in it, for example w:Category:Pages using the Score extension on the English Wikipedia.

• Help:Score on English Wikipedia and Help:Sheet music on Wikisource have more examples of LilyPond syntax.
• LilyPond notation
• ABC notation

This extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page.

This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: Miraheze WikiForge This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm.