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Default layout of headers and footers

Headers and footers are lines of text appearing at the top and bottom of pages, separate from the main text of a book. They are controlled by the following \paper variables:

• oddHeaderMarkup
• evenHeaderMarkup
• oddFooterMarkup
• evenFooterMarkup

These markup variables are defined in ly/titling-init.ly and do the following by default.

• Page numbers are automatically placed on the top far left (if even) or top far right (if odd), starting from the second page.
• The instrument header field is placed in the center of every page, starting from the second page.
• The copyright header field is centered on the bottom of the first page.
• The tagline header field is centered on the bottom of the last page, and below the copyright field if there is only a single page.

The following shows an example how to change the tag line.

\book {
  \header {
    tagline = "... music notation for Everyone"
  }
  \score {
    \relative {
      c'4 d e f
    }
  }
}

Set tagline to #f if you don’t want a tag line.

See also

Notation Reference: Custom layout for headers and footers.