Dear Kevin,

I use "\sectionLabel"s for this.


*\version "2.25.6"**
**\language "english"**
****
**melody = \relative c' {**
**  \time 6/8**
**  \key d \major**
**  \clef treble**
****
**  \sectionLabel \markup{ \box \pad-markup #0.5 "A" }**
**  d8[ e8**
**e8] g8[ a8 b8] |**
**  \break**
**  \sectionLabel \markup{  \box \pad-markup #0.5 "B"  }**
**  d8[ e8**
**e8] g8[ a8 b8] |**
**  \bar "|."**
**}**
****
**\score {**
**  \new Voice = "mel" { \melody }**
****
**  \layout {**
**    \autoBeamOff**
**    indent = 0\mm**
**  }**
**}*

BTw, I just saw the second email you sent in this thread, and I'm not exactly sure what you mean but I would probably have a separate variable with the section labels, and you can combine them, a bit like this:

*\version "2.25.7"**
**
**sections={ \sectionLabel "1" s1 \sectionLabel "2"}**
**music = { c'4 d' e' d' c' e' g' c' }**
**
**\score {**
**  \new Staff << \sections \music >>**
**}*


thanks,
-William

On 8/16/23 14:02, Kevin Cole wrote:
A minimum working example will make the question clearer: Although the
following produces what I want, it seems very ugly, and I suspect
there's a better way to accomplish the same thing: Placing the [A] and
[B] boxed letters for the tune parts at the beginning of a line.

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\version "2.24.2"
\language "english"

melody = \relative c' {
   \time 6/8
   \key d \major
   \clef treble

   d8^\markup \translate #'(-10 . 0) { \box \pad-markup #0.5 "A" }[ e8
e8] g8[ a8 b8] |
   \break
   d8^\markup \translate #'(-10 . 0) { \box \pad-markup #0.5 "B" }[ e8
e8] g8[ a8 b8] |
   \bar "|."
}

\score {
   \new Voice = "mel" { \melody }

   \layout {
     \autoBeamOff
     indent = 0\mm
   }
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


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