Re: Section labels

[Michael Hendry]

> On 14 Nov 2018, at 09:09, sean read <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to write out lead sheets with section labels like you see on 
> modern charts with a and b section labelled by a bold letter in a box. Is 
> there a standardised way to do this in lilypond? I couldn't seem to find 
> anything in the documentation
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Morning, Sean.

I use a template file as a basis for leadsheets, with variables for “The Head”, 
“The Chords”, “The Words”, such as:

TheHead =  \relative c' {
  \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-letters
  \clef "treble"
  \key c \major
  \numericTimeSignature
  \time 4/4
  % Put your own melody here
  | c4 d e f
}

The following is the beginning of Royal Garden Blues (which would replace “| c4 
d e f” above)...

  | a'4 ^ \markup "Introduction" a bes8 c4 bes8
  | a4 a bes8 c4 bes8
  | a4 c d f
  | g r4 c, r4 %\bar "||"

  \repeat volta 2 {
    \mark
    \bar "|:"
    | a4 a bes8 c4 bes8
    | a4 a bes8 c4 bes8
    | a4 a bes8 c4 bes8
    | a4 f8 g~ g2

...which illustrates the use of \markup for an introduction and a rehearsal 
mark for the “A” section, which is displayed in a box.

Successive uses of \mark result in “B”, “C” etc. sections.

I have gleaned loads of helpful hints and sections of code from the list over 
the years, but have never reached what I regard as the definitive template for 
wider distribution! Happy to share “the story so far” off-list, if that would 
help.

Michael