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Instrument names

In scores, the instrument name is printed before the staff. This can be done by setting Staff.instrument and Staff.instr. This will print a string before the start of the staff. For the first start, instrument is used, for the next ones instr is used.

       \property Staff.instrument = "ploink " { c''4 }
     

You can also use markup texts to construct more complicated instrument names:

     #(define text-flat
       '((font-relative-size . -2 ) (music "accidentals--1")))
     
     \score { \notes {
       \property Staff.instrument = #`((kern . 0.5) (lines
         "2 Clarinetti" (columns "     (B" ,text-flat ")")))
         c'' 4 }
     }
     

BUGS

When you put a name on a grand staff or piano staff the width of the brace is not taken into account. You must add extra spaces to the end of the name to avoid a collision.

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