Re: Text level with the staff

[Ben]

On 1/16/2018 6:23 PM, Vivyan wrote:

Hi

I'm transcribing music that has a lot of repetitions. To represent the music
I'm writing the music once and then writing " X amount of times" I want this
to appear on the right and level with the staff? 
How can I do this? 

Hi,

Do you mean like this?

\version "2.19.80"
\language "english"

\header {
  title = "XMAS_EVET"
  tagline = ""  % removed
 
}

\score {
%melody
<<
  \new Staff{
  \time 4/4
  \clef bass
  \set Staff.instrumentName = #"synth"
 
    r1 % times rest 16 bars
   \mark "rest for X 16"
    }
   >>
  
}

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