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+# TuxGuitar Drumsheets
+
+Application to clean drumset tracks in [TuxGuitar](https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxguitar/) files.
+
+## Requirements
+
+To build and run this application you need the following applications
+
+* Java
+* Gradle
+* TuxGuitar
+
+## Building
+
+To build the application with gradle, run the `build` task:
+
+    $ gradle build
+
+To build the JavaDocs, run the `javaDoc` task:
+
+    $ gradle javaDoc
+
+## Running
+
+To run the application with gradle, run the `run` task including argument via the `--args` parameter:
+
+    $ gradle run --args="sourceFile [targetFile]"
+
+Example:
+
+    $ gradle run --args="/home/user/Song.tg /home/user/Song-fixed.tg"