Re: Insert text between staves

[tisimst]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 3:13 PM, BGM [via Lilypond] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Well, I know how to do *that* - that is, I know how to get text above and below the staves.

But I want text above and below the scores - sort of like a subtitle. 

At the end of each page, about 3/4 inch below the last line of lyrics I want to put my note (it's to say that the chorus should be repeated after each verse).

Page1:
Chorus
myText

Page2:
verses
myText

On 6/23/2016 3:00 PM, [hidden email] wrote:

I'm only guessing where you want to place it (since you didn't say more
than "between"), but if you want it at the bottom of the chorus/verse
section, then just attach it to a note on that particular staff and direct
it down/up-ward, respectively:

chorus = \new Voice = "chorus" \relative c'' {
  g a b c d_\myText \break
}

verses = \new Voice = "verses" \relative c'' {
  g^\myText a b c d \break
}

HTH,
Abraham

I'm not aware of any mechanism that allows you to place text arbitrarily on the page. However, if you have your page laid out roughly how you'd like and there is room to place text in some whitespace, you can do something like this (warning! it's a band-aid, not necessarily a solution):

chorus = {

  \once \override TextScript.extra-offset = #'(X . Y)

  g_\markup { \with-dimension #'(0 . 0) #'(0 . 0) \myText } a b c d \break

}

and then adjust X and Y to move your text to the approximate desired location. You might try it with or without the "\with-dimensions ..." part to see which way works better for you.

HTH a little,

Abraham

  

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