Re: Caesura

[Mats Bengtsson]

Will Oram wrote:
> Is there a fast way to place a caesura on top of or next to a bar to 
> indicate a musical pause? I'm not talking about the Gregorian caesura 
> (\caesura), which is just a dinky comma. I speak of the 'railroad 
> tracks' used in current notation.
>
> Before I try printing a caesura over a notehead and then moving it over 
> manually, is there a faster way to print it -- or anything -- over a 
> barline?

For a caesura, see Paul's answer, for anything, use
\mark "Text" or \mark \markup {...}

   /Mats