> I think you likely want to move the Mark_engraver to a kind of > MarkLine context instead.
Well, the problem is that such a context needs the `Axis_group_engraver`, which tries to align stuff horizontally on a line. I don't want that. Rehearsal and tempo marks should be aligned on the selected staff as if they were part of it, see attached example. But maybe you and your wizardry find a solution for that :-) Werner
\version "2.23.10" music = { a'1 ~ | a' | a' | a' } text = \lyricmode { foo __ } top = { \tempo "Allegro" s1 | s | \mark\default s | s } \score { << \new Staff = "staff" << \top \new NullVoice = "aligner" \music \music >> \new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = "staff" } \lyricsto "aligner" \text >> } \score { << \new MarkLine \top \new Staff = "staff" << \music \new NullVoice = "aligner" \music >> \new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = "staff" } \lyricsto "aligner" \text >> \layout { \context { \Score \remove Mark_engraver \remove Staff_collecting_engraver \accepts MarkLine } \context { \name MarkLine \type Engraver_group \consists Axis_group_engraver \consists Mark_engraver \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-affinity = #DOWN \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing.padding = #0.5 \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-nonstaff-spacing.padding = #0.5 } } }