Re: Writing text in a measure

[M Watts]

Kees van den Doel wrote:
> I'm trying to write text in an otherwise empty measure (some special 
> performance instructions).
> not above it or below, but in it.
> How can I do that? There is a snippet  doing something like that
>
> http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=258
>
> but when I apply it my text overwrites music after the bar in which the text is 
> contained.
>
> I need something like
>
> music .. |s-\markup {"Play loud random notes, then burn your instrument (30s) 
> "}| more notes...
>
>   

Maybe this

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\version "2.12.2"

\relative c' {
       \override TextScript #'extra-offset = #'(4 . 5.5)

       \override TextScript  #'extra-spacing-width = #'(0 . 0)

       c4-\markup { \whiteout \pad-markup #0.5 "Play loud random notes, 
then burn your instrument (30s)" } s2.

       d4 e f g

}

\layout { ragged-right = ##f }