Hmm, so I guess I need to ask the obvious question: why don't you just set the nochordsymbol to a slash?
%% \version "2.25.21" \language "english" chordNames = \chordmode { \set noChordSymbol = "/" \repeat volta 2 { c4 r r f \alternative { {r4 r g:7 r } {r4 g:7 c2} } } } melody = \fixed c' { \repeat volta 2 { c'2. a4 | \alternative { {f4 a g b } {f d c2 } } } } \score { << \new ChordNames \chordNames \new Staff { \melody } >> \layout { } } %% I admit I didn't spend time to try to understand your code, maybe the MWE doesn't convey something. Can't you just replace N.C. with whatever symbol you want? I think it looks right.