[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hello,
>
> I've just started using LilyPond (1.1.37 on Red Hat Linux i386) to
> typeset some simple piano music of mine. Everything works great, but
> there are certain things that I can't figure out how to do. There are
> two big things:
>
> First, I'd like to put tempo markings ("Allegro (<dotted quarter note>
> = 120)") above the score (piano/grand staff) in certain places. It
> seems that there is no official way of doing this -- how do people do
> it right now?
I don't know. By hand perhaps, or by twiddling latex macros.
> Second, I'd like to put expressive markings right in the *middle* if
> the treble and bass staves. This includes absdynamics like "mf",
> spandynamics like \< ... \!, and (once again) arbitrary text such as
> "legato". In some cases, I would also like the absdynamics symbol to
> be flush right with respect to the note to which it is attached.
try setting \property Staff.dynamicDir.
> Ideally, I'd like to be able to typeset a "note" that is not engraved
> into a notehead and a beam as usual, but that is engraved by running
> some arbitrary (user-specified) TeX code *at* the location where the
> note would have been engraved. This way I can do pretty much
> everything I want, including the two items listed above.
This is not yet supported. It is clear, that the user must be able to
put symbols at arbitrary places, but I don't any logical way to do it
yet.
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Han-Wen Nienhuys, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** GNU LilyPond - The Music Typesetter
http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/hanwen/lilypond/index.html
