Below is a open guitar-scale without tempo. I have 2 problems. And I have tried to do due-diligence before posting to see if the information is available in either the LSR or LilyPond Notation Reference, but I found nothing using my search parameters.
1. The low E in the scale is too close to the treble clef. The C ledger-line touches the clef. I tried to move the scale to the right by inserting "s1" at the start; however, no change occurred in the output. I don't understand why there is no change. If I put a hidden note in place of the "s1", it does what I want. So what is the best way to push the notes to the right to fix this problem? 2. I tried to change the font-name and font-size for the lyrics (guitar form-numbers). \override Lyrics #'font-name = #"times" \override Lyrics #'font-size = #-2 However, I don't know the grob name. What is the correct name? Or maybe I'm not doing this right at all! May I make a small suggestion (and it may already be done). Someplace in the LilyPond manual, there needs to be a list of all the grob names and what they do. I find I spend a lot of time linearly searching the manual hoping I'll come across the right grob-name for something I want to change. In several cases, an educated guess generates the right name. I tried that for Lyrics, but no banana. Cheers, and thanks =============================================================================== \version "2.13.3" \include "english.ly" #(set-default-paper-size "letter") #(set-global-staff-size 25) \paper { line-width = 6.625\in } % paper \layout { indent = 0.0 \context { \Staff \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } % context } % layout notes = \relative c { \key e \major \override Staff.OctavateEight #'font-name = #"times" \override Staff.OctavateEight #'font-size = #-2 \override NoteHead #'font-size = #-2 \clef "treble_8" \cadenzaOn % \hideNotes e,1 \unHideNotes s1 \once \override NoteHead #'color = #red e,1 fs gs a b cs ds \once \override NoteHead #'color = #red e fs gs a b cs ds \once \override NoteHead #'color = #red e fs gs a b cs ds \once \override NoteHead #'color = #red e fs \bar "|" } % relative text = \lyricmode { \override Lyrics #'font-name = #"times" \override Lyrics #'font-size = #-2 _ I II III IV V VI VII I II III IV V VI VII I II III IV V VI VII I II } \score { << \context Voice = one { \notes } \lyricsto "one" \new Lyrics \text >> } % score _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user