Hello Michael, you could create a Dynamics context before the staff containing the markup.
Cheers, Valentin Am Donnerstag, 28. September 2023, 19:54:22 CEST schrieb Michael Gerdau: > Dear lilyponders, > > I would like to have directional text outside of lyrics. I've been > trying to use \markup but so far I only managed to have the text between > notes and Lyrics. > > See the following example: > - snip - snip - snip - snip - > \version "2.25.8" > > music = { > <>^\markup "This Text shall be outside of the Lyrics" > \repeat unfold 16 { c' } > } > verse = \lyricmode { \repeat unfold 16 { du } } > > \score { > << > \new Staff = "s" { \new Voice = "s1" { \music } } > \new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = #"s" } \lyricsto "s1" { > \verse } > > } > - snip - snip - snip - snip - > > Any ideas what the proper incantation would be? > > Kind regards, > Michael
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