Re: [Newbie]postioning text

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

Matthew Krause <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm trying to print some text above a note on a staff. Normally, this
> wouldn't be a problem; I'd just use a2^"adagio" or whatnot. Alas, the a2
> in question is the a above the staff (treble clef) and it ends up
> colliding with the note. I've been trying to raise the text with the
> aptly named raise(..) command, but I can't seem to make it raise the
> text enough.
> 
> How can I go about doing this? Can the raise command be used here or
> should I try to come up with some sort of devious hack?

Yes, have you seen:

    http://lilypond.org/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Text-markup.html

Jan.

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