Ken, Look at http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/writing-parts#instrument-names
Mark -----Original Message----- From: lilypond-user [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Kenneth Wolcott Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2020 5:34 PM To: Jacques Menu <imj-muz...@bluewin.ch> Cc: lilypond-user <lilypond-user@gnu.org> Subject: Re: How to Label/Title each staff (I'm creating Major Scales) Hi Jacques; Attached is a cropped picture containing just the C Major scale with the hand-written "C" at the front of the staff. I'd like Lilypond to do that so I would not need to write it by hand. Thanks, Ken On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 12:51 AM Jacques Menu <imj-muz...@bluewin.ch> wrote: > > Hello Ken, > > Can you post an image of what you’re after? > > JM > > > Le 20 juin 2020 à 02:19, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> a écrit > > : > > > > Hi; > > > > I am puzzled how to label each staff of double octave major scales. > > > > I have successfully generated all of the major scales, but now I > > want to label them. > > > > This is different than writing tempos or lyrics or piece titles, > > which I have not yet experimented with, but read about in the > > Learning Manual. > > > > Thanks in advance for pointing me to the relevant portions of the > > manual(s) and if you could, please provide a short snippet > > > > I'm using LilyPond 2.20.0 on a Mac. > > > > Thanks, > > Ken Wolcott > > >