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<h2 class="unnumbered">Titles</h2>
<p>These snippets illustrate the Notation Reference,
section <a href="../../../Documentation/user/lilypond/Titles-and-headers.html#Titles-and-headers">Titles and headers</a>.
<p><a name="adding-the-current-date-to-a-score.ly"></a>
<h3 class="unnumberedsec">Adding the current date to a score</h3>
<p>With a little Scheme code, the current date can easily be added to a
score.
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% first, define a variable to hold the formatted date:
date = #(strftime "%d-%m-%Y" (localtime (current-time)))
% use it in the title block:
\header {
title = "Including the date!"
subtitle = \date
}
\score {
\relative c'' {
c4 c c c
}
}
% and use it in a \markup block:
\markup {
\date
}
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<p><a name="aligning-and-centering-instrument-names.ly"></a>
<h3 class="unnumberedsec">Aligning and centering instrument names</h3>
<p>Instrument names are generally printed to the left of the staves. To
align the names of several different intruments, put them in a
<code>\markup</code> block and use one of the following possibilites:
<p>*
Right-aligned instrument names: this is the default behavior
<p>*
Center-aligned instrument names: using the <code>\hcenter-in #n</code>
command
places the instrument names inside a padded box, with <code>n</code> being
the width
of the box
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Left-aligned instrument names: the names are printed on top of an
empty box, using the <code>\combine</code> command
with an <code>\hspace #n</code> object.
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\paper {
indent = #0
left-margin = #30
line-width = #160
}
\new StaffGroup \relative c' <<
\new Staff {
\set Staff.instrumentName = #"Piccolo"
c1^"default" | c \break
\set Staff.instrumentName = \markup { \hcenter-in #10 Piccolo }
c1^"centered" | c \break
\set Staff.instrumentName = \markup { \combine \hspace #8 Piccolo }
c1^"left-aligned" | c
}
\new Staff {
\set Staff.instrumentName = #"Flute"
c1 | c \break
\set Staff.instrumentName = \markup { \hcenter-in #10 Flute }
c1 | c \break
\set Staff.instrumentName = \markup { \combine \hspace #8 Flute }
c1 | c
}
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<p><a name="demonstrating-all-headers.ly"></a>
<h3 class="unnumberedsec">Demonstrating all headers</h3>
<p>All header fields with special meanings.
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\header {
copyright = "copyright"
title = "title"
subtitle = "subtitle"
composer = "composer"
arranger = "arranger"
instrument = "instrument"
metre = "metre"
opus = "opus"
piece = "piece"
poet = "poet"
texidoc = "All header fields with special meanings."
copyright = "public domain"
enteredby = "jcn"
source = "urtext"
}
\layout {
ragged-right = ##f
}
\score {
\relative c'' { c1 | c | c | c }
}
\score {
\relative c'' { c1 | c | c | c }
\header {
title = "localtitle"
subtitle = "localsubtitle"
composer = "localcomposer"
arranger = "localarranger"
instrument = "localinstrument"
metre = "localmetre"
opus = "localopus"
piece = "localpiece"
poet = "localpoet"
copyright = "localcopyright"
}
}
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