RE: Adding text above a system

[James Lowe]

Hello,
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From: address@hidden address@hidden on behalf of Kieren MacMillan address@hidden
Sent: 18 June 2011 02:00
To: Jesse Engle
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: Adding text above a system

Hi Jesse,

> I'm trying to place text above a system that is aligned with the left
> margin, as in the following scan:
> http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9593/scanfs.jpg

You probably want a "top-level markup":

\markup { "Drag Paradiddle No. 1" }
\score { ... }

You can then format the markup and the spacing between it and the music (above 
and below), to get exactly what you want.

Hope this helps!
Kieren.
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You could use a \tempo markup as well with appropriate \[style] font variables.

Or the \header { piece = XXXXX } markup

as here

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/creating-titles-headers-and-footers#title-blocks-explained

James