There are several ways I do this, I use this for students a lot here are a few ways to achieve this
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \version "2.18.2" \paper { indent = 0 left-margin = 15 } A = \relative c' { \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup {\halign #-2 \box \fontsize #5 \pad-around #.5 \bold "A"} c d e f } B = \relative c'' { \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup {\halign #-2 \box \fontsize #5 \pad-around #.5 \bold "B"} g a b c } \score { \A } \score { \B } C = \relative c' { c d e f } D = \relative c'' { g a b c } % Or \score { \new Staff \with { instrumentName = \markup {\halign #-2 \box \fontsize #5 \pad-around #.5 \bold "C"} } { \C } } \score { \new Staff \with { instrumentName = \markup {\halign #-2 \box \fontsize #5 \pad-around #.5 \bold "D"} } { \D } } % Together \score { \new Staff \with { instrumentName = \markup {\halign #-2 \box \fontsize #5 \pad-around #.5 \bold "C D"} } { \C \D } } % Also E = \relative c' { \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup {\halign #-2 \box \fontsize #5 \pad-around #.5 \bold "E"} c d e f \break \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = \markup {\halign #-2 \box \fontsize #5 \pad-around #.5 \bold "E.1"} g a b c \break \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = \markup {\halign #-2 \box \fontsize #5 \pad-around #.5 \bold "E.2"} b a g f } \score { \E \layout{ \context { \Score \remove "Bar_number_engraver" } } } %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% HTH Stephen
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