basic questions

[Peter Buhr]

Below is a open guitar-scale without tempo. I have 2 problems. And I have tried
to do due-diligence before posting to see if the information is available in
either the LSR or LilyPond Notation Reference, but I found nothing using my
search parameters.

1. The low E in the scale is too close to the treble clef. The C ledger-line
   touches the clef. I tried to move the scale to the right by inserting "s1"
   at the start; however, no change occurred in the output. I don't understand
   why there is no change. If I put a hidden note in place of the "s1", it does
   what I want. So what is the best way to push the notes to the right to fix
   this problem?

2. I tried to change the font-name and font-size for the lyrics (guitar
   form-numbers).

      \override Lyrics #'font-name = #"times"
      \override Lyrics #'font-size = #-2

   However, I don't know the grob name. What is the correct name? Or maybe I'm
   not doing this right at all!

May I make a small suggestion (and it may already be done). Someplace in the
LilyPond manual, there needs to be a list of all the grob names and what they
do. I find I spend a lot of time linearly searching the manual hoping I'll come
across the right grob-name for something I want to change. In several cases, an
educated guess generates the right name. I tried that for Lyrics, but no
banana.

Cheers, and thanks

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\version "2.13.3"
\include "english.ly"
#(set-default-paper-size "letter")
#(set-global-staff-size 25)

\paper {
    line-width = 6.625\in
} % paper
\layout {
    indent = 0.0
    \context {
        \Staff
        \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
    } % context
} % layout
notes = \relative c {
    \key e \major
    \override Staff.OctavateEight #'font-name = #"times"
    \override Staff.OctavateEight #'font-size = #-2
    \override NoteHead #'font-size = #-2
    \clef "treble_8"
    \cadenzaOn
%    \hideNotes e,1 \unHideNotes
    s1
    \once \override NoteHead #'color = #red e,1 fs gs a b cs ds
    \once \override NoteHead #'color = #red e fs gs a b cs ds
    \once \override NoteHead #'color = #red e fs gs a b cs ds
    \once \override NoteHead #'color = #red e fs
    \bar "|"
} % relative
text = \lyricmode {
    \override Lyrics #'font-name = #"times"
    \override Lyrics #'font-size = #-2
    _ I II III IV V VI VII I II III IV V VI VII I II III IV V VI VII I II
}
\score {
    <<
        \context Voice = one {
            \notes
        }
        \lyricsto "one" \new Lyrics \text
>>
} % score