RE: How to Label/Title each staff (I'm creating Major Scales)

[Mark Stephen Mrotek]

Ken,

Look at
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/writing-parts#instrument-names

Mark

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From: lilypond-user [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr.com@gnu.org] 
On Behalf Of Kenneth Wolcott
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2020 5:34 PM
To: Jacques Menu <imj-muzhic@bluewin.ch>
Cc: lilypond-user <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to Label/Title each staff (I'm creating Major Scales)

Hi Jacques;

  Attached is a cropped picture containing just the C Major scale with the 
hand-written "C" at the front of the staff.  I'd like Lilypond to do that so I 
would not need to write it by hand.

Thanks,
Ken

On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 12:51 AM Jacques Menu <imj-muzhic@bluewin.ch> wrote:
>
> Hello Ken,
>
> Can you post an image of what you’re after?
>
> JM
>
> > Le 20 juin 2020 à 02:19, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> a écrit 
> > :
> >
> > Hi;
> >
> >  I am puzzled how to label each staff of double octave major scales.
> >
> > I have successfully generated all of the major scales, but now I 
> > want to label them.
> >
> > This is different than writing tempos or lyrics or piece titles, 
> > which I have not yet experimented with, but read about in the 
> > Learning Manual.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for pointing me to the relevant portions of the
> > manual(s) and if you could, please provide a short snippet
> >
> > I'm using LilyPond 2.20.0 on a Mac.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken Wolcott
> >
>