Re: Text beside staff

[Knute Snortum]

I think the best way to do this is to use the instrument name:

\score {
  \new PianoStaff \with { instrumentName = \markup \huge "No. 4" }
  <<
  ...
  >>
}

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Knute Snortum

On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 2:01 PM Ahanu Banerjee <ahanuban@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm typesetting a book of études. I am currently putting the number of the 
> etude (1-2 digits) in the header as a title, but I would like to put it to 
> the left of the first staff, in the indented white space. It should be 
> center-aligned between the left margin and the first staff, and vertically 
> centered about the staff.
>
> Can someone provide a tidy way to do this?
>
> Thank you!!
>
> \version "2.20.0"
> \header {
>   title = "1"
>   subtitle = "A female deer"
> }
>
> {\repeat unfold 16 c' \break
> \repeat unfold 20 c'}