Hi Javier, your score consists of (first) the chords (printed on top), (second) the notes (on bottom) to which the markup is attached. Thus, the box will always be located below the chords. Indeed, you can move it up like you did, but now the staff with notes and box takes up more space from top to bottom. That's why the staff is pushed downwards.
I suggest to use the \mark command which produces a RehearsalMark. In the notation reference, you will find some useful hints for its alignment and appearance. % -------------------------------------- \score{ { << \chords { c2 g:sus4 } \relative c'' { \mark \markup \box{A} a4 e c8 e r4 } >> } \layout{} } % -------------------------------------- Cheers, Klaus -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Cannot-adjust-markup-box-position-tp198323p198358.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user