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Default layout of headers and footers

Headers and footers are lines of text appearing at the top and bottom of pages, separate from the main text of a book. They are controlled by the following \paper variables:

• oddHeaderMarkup
• evenHeaderMarkup
• oddFooterMarkup
• evenFooterMarkup

These markup variables can only access text fields from top-level \header blocks (which apply to all scores in the book) and are defined in ‘ly/titling-init.ly’. By default:

• page numbers are automatically placed on the top far left (if even) or top far right (if odd), starting from the second page.
• the instrument text field is placed in the center of every page, starting from the second page.
• the copyright text is centered on the bottom of the first page.
• the tagline is centered on the bottom of the last page, and below the copyright text if there is only a single page.

The default LilyPond footer text can be changed by adding a tagline in the top-level \header block.

\book {
  \header {
    tagline = "... music notation for Everyone"
  }
  \score {
    \relative {
      c'4 d e f
    }
  }
}

To remove the default LilyPond footer text, the tagline can be set to #f.

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LilyPond — Notation Reference v2.25.8 (development-branch).