Re: centered instrument name Piano

[Mats Bengtsson]

The reason is that the template includes the pedal instructions within 
the PianoStaff,
so the center of the full PianoStaff will be calculated taking the pedal 
instructions
into account. The simple solution is to move the pedal line out of the 
PianoStaff:
\score {
 <<
   \new PianoStaff <<
     \new Staff = "upper" \upper
     \new Dynamics = "dynamics" \dynamics
     \new Staff = "lower" <<
       \clef bass
       \lower
     >>
   >>
   \new Dynamics = "pedal" \pedal
 >>
  \layout{
   ...
 }
}

Another solution is to specify the pedal instructions "within" the left 
hand stave:
\score {
 \new PianoStaff <<
   \new Staff = "upper" \upper
   \new Dynamics = "dynamics" \dynamics
   \new Staff = "lower" <<
     \clef bass
     \lower
     \pedal
   >>
 >>
 \layout {
   ...
 }
}

The difference between these two solutions is that the former will place 
all
pedal instructions vertically aligned, whereas the latter will move 
individual
pedal instructions down if you have a low note with ledger lines.
Some time ago I browsed through some printed piano music I have at home
and noticed that some editions used vertically aligned pedal 
instructions whereas
others let them vary in height, so it seems to be a matter of taste.

  /Mats

Pianista wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm using the piano template with centered dynamics and I put in the score
> book \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = "piano" but it doesn't appear
> centered. How Can I fix that?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Fúlvio.
>   

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