@menu
* References for opera and stage musicals::
+* Character names::
* Spoken music::
* Dialogue over music::
@end menu
For details of other page formatting properties, see
@ref{Page formatting}.
-@item
-Character names are usually shown to the left of the staff when the
-staff is dedicated to that character alone. The instrument name can
-be used for this purpose. See @ref{Instrument names}.
-
-@item
-When two or more characters share a staff the character's name is
-usually printed above the staff at the start of every section
-applying to that character. This can be done with markup. The use
-of markup is covered fully in @ref{Text}. Often a specific font is
-used for this purpose, see @ref{Selecting font and font size}.
-
@item
Musical cues can be inserted with the @code{\cueDuring} predefined
command. For details of its use see @ref{Formatting cue notes}.
@ref{Writing text}.
+@node Character names
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Character names
+
+@cindex character names
+@cindex names, character
+
+Character names are usually shown to the left of the staff when the
+staff is dedicated to that character alone. The instrument name can
+be used for this purpose.
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim,ragged-right]
+\score {
+ <<
+ \new Staff {
+ \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Kaspar"
+ \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #"Kas"
+ \relative c' {
+ \clef "G_8"
+ c4 c c c
+ \break
+ c4 c c c
+ }
+ }
+ \new Staff {
+ \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Melchior"
+ \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #"Mel"
+ \clef "bass"
+ \relative c' {
+ a4 a a a
+ a4 a a a
+ }
+ }
+ >>
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+When two or more characters share a staff the character's name is
+usually printed above the staff at the start of every section
+applying to that character. This can be done with markup. Often a
+specific font is used for this purpose.
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim,relative=1]
+\override TextScript #'font-family = #'typewriter
+\override TextScript #'font-size = #2
+\clef "G_8"
+c4^\markup Kaspar
+c c c
+\clef "bass"
+a4^\markup Melchior
+a a a
+@end lilypond
+
+@seealso
+Notation Reference:
+@ref{Instrument names},
+@ref{Selecting font and font size},
+@ref{Text}.
+
+
@node Spoken music
@unnumberedsubsubsec Spoken music