Re: [Newbie]postioning text

[Mats Bengtsson]

> 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

As far as I remember, raise only makes any difference when you have
both raised and non-raised text in the same text script. 
To move a single piece of text further away from the staff, you
probably have to do 
\property Voice.TextScript \override #'padding = #2
just as Jérémie suggested.

   /Mats