Hi Kieren, Excellent, this is what i was looking for. Many thanks.
Eby -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 28/7/17, Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote: Subject: Re: drawing brackets spanning multiple staves - spacing issue To: "Eby Mani" <eby...@yahoo.com> Cc: "Lilypond-User Mailing List" <lilypond-user@gnu.org> Date: Friday, 28 July, 2017, 8:04 PM If you want the bracket first, why not try something like this? %%%% SNIPPET BEGINS rightOne = \relative c'' { d1 \once \override Score.BarLine #'extra-spacing-width = #'(0 . 4) | \once \override TextScript #'X-offset = #-1.5 <>^\markup { \openBracket #19.3 } <>_\markup { \small \rounded-box "II: Principal Chorus" } d4 a d e | } %%%% SNIPPET ENDS Hope that helps, Kieren. ________________________________ Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user