Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 58, Issue 105

[Frederick Dennis]

Dear LilyPond users,
Thank you for your advice.
Some progress.

\version "2.8.7"

\header { title = "Singin' In The Rain"
composer = "Freed and Brown"
meter = "Medium Swing"}

melody = \transpose c d \relative c'' {
\clef treble
\key f \major
\time 4/4
\set Score.skipBars = ##tt

%line 1
R1*3 r2 r4 c
\once \override Score.SeparationItem #'padding = #1 
\mark \markup { \musicglyph #"scripts.segno" } \bar "||" c'2~ \times 2/3 { c4 a8 } \times 2/3 ( g4 f8 } d2 r4 c

% more notes
% bar 27 starts the next line

c2~ \times 2/3 ( c4 a8 } g4 d2 r4 c \times 2/3 ( c'4 c8~ } c4 r4 c,^"To Coda" \times 2/3 { e4 e8~ }
e8.~ a16~ a4 
\mark \markup { \musicglyph #"scripts.coda" } c,

%more notes
% bar 53 starts the next line

bes2 aes4 ges ges aes2 bes4 bes f f f~ f2. f4 f2 ees4 des4 des ees2 f4 aes f
\once \override TextScript #'extra-offset = #'( -
1.0 . 2.5 )
aes\mark "D.S. al Coda " c~ c2. c,4 \bar "||" \break 
f2. \mark \markup { \musicglyph #"scripts.coda" CODA }
f1~ r4 R!*2 r1^\fermataMarkup \bar ".|."
}

\score {
\new Staff \melody
\layout {}
\midi {}

}

Score.SeparationItem moves the note after the segno along a bit, avoiding the collision.
However, the coda signs and texts are very untidy.  The 
extra.offset doesn't seem to have any effect.
Yours,
Frederick Dennis.