Re: positioning markup above a trill

[Jonathan Kulp]

Richard Wattenbarger wrote:
> I'm having trouble positioning some markup above a trill. The passage in
> question is below:
>
> \relative c'' {
>     \time 3/4
>     b4 ^\markup {gestopft} \trill \p (a8) r a r
> }
>
> I've tried all sorts of things ... to no avail. Suggestions?
>
> RW

This is controlled by script priority:

\once \override Script #'script-priority = #-100

See the snippets in Notation Reference here:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Attached-to-notes#Articulations-and-ornamentations

Jon
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