Re: text in staves

[Brett Duncan]

Nikolay Kirov wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Is there a way to insert a character or a string into staves? I would
> like to write big parenthesis centered at vertical center of staves.
>
> I hope this is possible but I cannot find any advice in the documentation.
>
> Nikolay

I've done this by using:

\once \override TextScript #'extra-offset = #'(0 . -4) s1^\markup{ 
\large "(" }

The text is markup attached to an invisible rest - the override forces 
it back down into the staff.

You may need to fiddle with the values in the override to get it 
positioned exactly where you want it.

HTH

Brett