@cindex non-empty texts
@cindex quoted text
-Simple @qq{quoted text} indications may be added
-to a score, as demonstrated in the following example.
-Such indications may be manually placed
-above or below the staff, using the
-syntax described in @ref{Direction and
-placement}.
+Simple @qq{quoted text} indications may be added to a score.
@lilypond[quote,verbatim,relative=2]
a8^"pizz." g f e a4-"scherz." f
a4_\markup { \tiny scherz. \bold molto } f
@end lilypond
+@qq{Quoted text} and @code{\markup} commands may be manually
+placed above or below the staff; see @ref{Direction and
+placement}.
+
By default, text indications do not influence the note spacing.
However, their widths can be taken into account:
in the following example, the first text string does not affect
The line style, as well as the text string, can be defined as an
object property. This syntax is described in @ref{Line styles}.
+Text spanners may be manually placed above or below the staff; see
+@ref{Direction and placement}.
+
@predefined
@funindex textSpannerUp
@seealso
Notation Reference:
@ref{Line styles},
-@ref{Dynamics}.
+@ref{Dynamics},
+@ref{Direction and placement}.
Snippets:
@rlsr{Text}.