3.14.4 Instrument names

In an orchestral score, instrument names are printed left side of the staves.

This can be achieved by setting Staff (lilypond-internals).instrument and Staff (lilypond-internals).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.

     \set Staff.instrument = "Ploink "
     \set Staff.instr = "Plk "
     c1
     \break
     c''

You can also use markup texts to construct more complicated instrument names, for example

     \notes {
       \set Staff.instrument = \markup {
         \column < "Clarinetti" { "in B"
           \smaller \flat } > }
        { c''1 }
     }

See also

Program reference: InstrumentName (lilypond-internals).

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.

This page is for LilyPond-2.2.6 (stable-branch). Report errors to <bug-lilypond@gnu.org>.