Re[2]: How do I use \tag? (lyuser: message 5 of 20)

[Trevor]

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Subject: Re: How do I use \tag? (lyuser: message 5 of 20)

> Hello Trevor
>
> > bla = -\markup { Bla }
> >
> > melody = \relative c'' {
> >   c4 d e f ^\bla
> >   c4 d e f ^\tag #'a \bla % (1)
> > }
> >
> > \keepWithTag #'a \melody
> >
> > \removeWithTag #'a \melody
> >
> > Hopefully this works in 2.18 too.
>
> Yes, it works :) Thank you! Could you please point me to the
> documentation of the '-' that you used instead of my '^'? (Or explain 
> it
> to me)?
>
> I would like to understand the difference, not just copy/paste it...
The three direction indicators, ^, - and _ , are explained here:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/direction-and-placement

The main problem with your original post was not using a "^" instead of 
a "-", but not
having a direction indicator of any sort before the \markup command.

Trevor