After painful experimentation I have found that this works (note that the material after \justify has to be enclosed in curly brackets):
\markup{ \override #'(line-width . 110) \justify{The first exercise is to be done with very short bow movements of about one inch. The tapping or flicking movements on the point, at the middle and at the frog of the bow on the string are essential for the balance of the bow. The rests should be observed exactly, even counted aloud, during which period the student should mentally and physically prepare himelf for the subsequent movements.}} Quoting Father Panteleimon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am using 2.7.34 on linux and 2.7.36 on windows. I am trying to create > documents (liturgical books) that intersperse text and music. I do not know > how to use LaTex, but have instead been trying to use the \book block, > interspersing \markups with individual \score blocks. I have not found a way > to adjust the margins of blocks of text...[snip] _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user