Hello Michael! First of all, thank you for your patience! I don't have much computer code experience, so i apologize if i am asking questions that are obvious to most others.
This custom header looks like the most promising solution, but I had a couple problems: 1. The link you sent doesnt work; i cant find anything called "default header block" in the lilypond manuals. Could you re-send, please? 2. I couldnt get the examples. I'm sure this is due to my misunderstanding of basic concepts, so could i ask you to send the complete lilypond file for the example you sent? This way, I could paste it into an empty document. Again, thank you all for your patience! peace! dirck ________________________________ From: Michael Werner <reznae...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, April 5, 2024 8:48 AM To: Dirck Nagy <dn...@uwlax.edu> Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org <lilypond-user@gnu.org> Subject: Re: indicate scordatura at beginning of piece Caution: *External Email: Use caution responding, opening attachments, or clicking on links.* Hi Dirck, On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 11:49 PM Dirck Nagy <dn...@uwlax.edu<mailto:dn...@uwlax.edu>> wrote: Hi Lilypond What are my options for indicating scordatura such as the png image at the bottom of this email? If this is something that you'll be doing on a regular (or even semi-regular) basis I'd consider defining a custom header for this. It's pretty easy to do. The default header block is found at share/lilypond/2.25.14/ly/titling-init.ly<http://titling-init.ly> under the lilypond install point. Probably best to copy and paste the header block into an include file and make your tweaks there. That way it's all there and accessible but out of the way. To add a custom field at, for example, the very bottom of the header block, you can simply add a field as such: <prev lines snipped for brevity> \fill-line { \fromproperty #'header:poet { \large \bold \fromproperty #'header:instrument } \fromproperty #'header:composer } \fill-line { \fromproperty #'header:meter \fromproperty #'header:arranger } \fromproperty #'header:scordatura % Line added here You would then use the newly defined scordatura header field like any other header: \header { title = "Example Title" composer = "Composer here" poet = "Poet here" arranger = "Arranger here" meter = "Meter here" scordatura = \markup { \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.75) % Adjust this value ... \fontsize #-1.5 % ... and this one as needed \column { \line { \circle "6" "= D" } \line { \circle "5" "= G" } } } } This will, in turn, produce: [image.png] -- Michael
