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Positioning segno and coda (with line break)

If you want to place an exiting segno sign and add text like “D.S. al Coda” next to it where usually the staff lines are you can use this snippet. The coda will resume in a new line. There is a variation documented in this snippet, where the coda will remain on the same line.

 
{
  \clef treble
  \key g \major
  \time 4/4
  \relative c'' {
    \repeat unfold 4 {
      c4 c c c
    }

    % Set segno sign as rehearsal mark and adjust size if needed
    % \once \override Score.RehearsalMark.font-size = #3
    \mark \markup { \musicglyph "scripts.segno" }
    \repeat unfold 2 {
      c4 c c c
    }

    % Set coda sign as rehearsal mark and adjust size if needed
    \once \override Score.RehearsalMark.font-size = #4
    \mark \markup { \musicglyph "scripts.coda" }
    \repeat unfold 2 {
      c4 c c c
    }

    % Should Coda be on anew line?
    % Coda NOT on new line: use \nobreak
    % Coda on new line: DON'T use \nobreak
    % \noBreak

    \bar "||"

    % Set segno sign as rehearsal mark and adjust size if needed
    \once \override Score.RehearsalMark.break-visibility =
      #begin-of-line-invisible
    % \once \override Score.RehearsalMark.font-size = #3
    \mark \markup { \musicglyph "scripts.segno" }

    % Here begins the trickery!
    % \cadenzaOn will suppress the bar count
    % and \stopStaff removes the staff lines.
    \cadenzaOn
    \stopStaff
        % Some examples of possible text-displays

        % text line-aligned
        % ==================
        % Move text to the desired position
        % \once \override TextScript.extra-offset = #'( 2 . -3.5 )
        % | <>^\markup { D.S. al Coda } }

        % text center-aligned
        % ====================
        % Move text to the desired position
        % \once \override TextScript.extra-offset = #'( 6 . -5.0 )
        % | <>^\markup { \center-column { D.S. "al Coda" } }

        % text and symbols center-aligned
        % ===============================
        % Move text to the desired position
        % and tweak spacing for optimum text alignment
        \repeat unfold 1 {
          s1
          \bar ""
        }
        \once \override TextScript.extra-offset = #'( 0 . -3.0 )
        \once \override TextScript.word-space = #1.5
        <>^\markup { \center-column { "D.S. al Coda"
          \line {
            \musicglyph "scripts.coda"
            \musicglyph "scripts.tenuto"
            \musicglyph "scripts.coda"} } }

        % Increasing the unfold counter will expand the staff-free space
        \repeat unfold 3 {
          s1
          \bar ""
        }
        % Resume bar count and show staff lines again
    \startStaff
    \cadenzaOff

    % Should Coda be on new line?
    % Coda NOT on new line: DON'T use \break
    % Coda on new line: use \break
    \break

    % Show up, you clef and key!
    \once \override Staff.KeySignature.break-visibility = #end-of-line-invisible
    \once \override Staff.Clef.break-visibility = #end-of-line-invisible

    % Set coda sign as rehearsal mark and adjust size and position

    % Put the coda sign on top of the (treble-)clef
    % depending on coda's line-position

    % Coda NOT on new line, use this:
    % \once \override Score.RehearsalMark.extra-offset = #'( -2 . 1.75 )

    % Coda on new line, use this:
    \once \override Score.RehearsalMark.extra-offset = #'( -5 . .5 )

    \once \override Score.RehearsalMark.font-size = #5
    \mark \markup { \musicglyph "scripts.coda" }

    % The coda
    \repeat unfold 6 {
      c4 c c c
    }
    \bar"|."
  }
}

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