RE: How to really center a text above a note?

perhaps a Schemer could pull the X-extent info from the attachment point notehead, divide it by 2 and send that to the offset. Meanwhile, it may to helpful to know that:
 quarter-note head width = about 1.31
 half-note head width = about 1.39
 whole-note head width = about 1.96
(in staff space units)

David



> There must be a way to really center a simple text above a note.

Offset the text by half the width of the notehead: