On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 8:13 AM Erika Pirnes <erika.pir...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I'm trying to add some instruction text in my score. I would like to position > it between the header and the music, but I cannot seem to figure out how to > do this, as markup cannot be placed inside a score block. I also tried taking > the header out of the score block which still seemed to produce the exact > same result. > > (Another minor issue I had was the spacing between the title and the header. > I wanted a bit more space in between, which I was able to obtain by adding an > arranger field but leaving it blank. If someone has a better solution to > suggest, I'd be happy to hear that as well.) > > Here's my minimal example: > > \version "2.18.2" > > \header { > title = "A Piece" > composer = "Someone" > arranger = " " > } > > \paper { > scoreTitleMarkup = \markup { > \fill-line { > \null > \fontsize #4 \bold \fromproperty #'header:piece > \fromproperty #'header:opus > } > } > } > > first = \relative c''{\repeat unfold 32 {c4}} > > \header {piece = "I"} > > \markup { > Here are some instructions on how you should play my piece. > } > > \score { > \new Staff {\first} > \layout {indent = 0.0} > } > > > Thank you, > Erika
Well, you could attach the markup to the first note... %%% first = \relative c''{ c4^\markup { Here are some instructions on how you should play my piece. } c c c \repeat unfold 28 {c4} } %%% -- Knute Snortum