Re: Location of Form Desination

[Kevin Barry]

On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 10:54:27PM -0800, Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
>  
> 
> In 18th C piano music some movements have a "header" that describes the
> form, e.g., Rondo, Minuetto.
> 
> This designation is to the left above any tempo marking.
> 
> What commands can I use to achieve this?

LilyPond has a header that can be added to any score with \header.

Does something like this do what you want?

\score {
  \relative {
    \tempo "Allegro"
    c'1
  }
  \header {
    piece = "Rondo"
  }
  \layout {
    indent = 0
  }
}

In the \header, "piece" has no significance other than having a default
placement on the left. There is more information about the other information
you can set in the header here:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/creating-titles-headers-and-footers#default-layout-of-bookpart-and-score-titles