Re: accidental in a header?

[Peekay Ex]

Tim,

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Tim Reeves <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 13:56:08 +0000
>> From: Peekay Ex <address@hidden>
>> To: Timothy Reeves <address@hidden>
>> Cc: address@hidden
>> Subject: Re: accidental in a header?
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>> Hello,
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Timothy Reeves
>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > Hello list,
>> > Could someone point me to the documentation or snippet that would show
> me
>> > how to put a flat sign into a header (e.g. in the subtitle)?
>> > The documentation says I can just use a \markup in a header, but I get
>> > errors when I try it. I need an example.
>> >
>>
>> \header {
>>   instrument = \markup { \concat { "Trumpet - Part 2. B " \tiny \flat }
> }
>> }
>>
>> --
>> --
>> James
>>
>>
>
> Thanks, James.
>
> It also works without the \concat.
>
> I don't know what I did wrong before, because I thought I was doing the
> same thing as what you suggested. (!)
>
> I notice that the flat (or sharp) "sits low" relative to the text. How
> would I shift it up a bit?
>

That's a tad trickier

see the thread

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2011-10/msg00247.html
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James