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Horizontally centered systems on a page

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If you want your systems horizontally centered, as sometimes needed in contemporary music, you can use \score inside \markup for every line.

\version "2.24"

\markup {
  \fill-line {
    \score {
      \relative c' {
        c4 d e f \break
      }
      \layout {}
    }
  }
}

\markup {
  \fill-line {
    \score {
      \new Staff \with {
        \remove Time_signature_engraver
      }
      \relative c' {
        g2 f
      }
      \layout {}
    }
  }
}

\markup {
  \fill-line {
    \score {
      \new Staff \with {
        \remove Time_signature_engraver
      }
      \relative c' {
        c4 d e f g a b a
      }
      \layout {}
    }
  }
}

\markup {
  \fill-line {
    \score {
      \new Staff \with {
        \remove Time_signature_engraver
      }
      \relative c' {
        g4 f e g b a g
      }
      \layout {}
    }
  }
}