Re: Tempo mark

[Thomas Scharkowski]

Thank you, I had read the manual before posting. :-)
What I want is the "Adagio" marking and the Tempo marking in one 
line, or change the position of the \tempo mark manually.

Thank you
Thomas

> > Hello list,
> >
> > I would like to add a metronome mark to the following:
> > ^\markup \large \bold {\hspace #-4.0 {Adagio}}
> >
> > to get something like:
> > Adagio (4=108) (4 should be replaced by a note)
> >
> > I have tried to find out how to move the metronome mark produced by
> > "\tempo 4 = 108" vertically and/or horizontally, but with no success.
> 
> It seems you are trying to attach this as some kind of markup to a note.
> In the manual:
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.2/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Metronome-marks.html#Metronome%20marks
> ... it seems that it should be entered as just before the note for which
> you want to impose this tempo indication, not attached as markup to
> anything. Click on the image to see the lilycode.
> 
> BTW: I would expect the metronome marks to be mentioned in the Tutorial
> under 'Basic rhythmical commands' and/or 'Time signature' in the tutorial
> (either directly, or as a link in the "For more information on").
> Graphically it may be markup, but musically it is a very basic property
> and not just some articulation.
> 
> I found it now by clicking in the tutorial on 'Adding articulation marks
> to notes', then on 'For more information on Articulations', then on "Up:
> expressive marks" and then "metronome marks". So somewhere in that erratic
> click-trip I jumped from the Tutorial to the Notation Manual. I am
> surprised that it is grouped under "Expressive marks" there; I would
> expect it maybe under "Staff notation" (which is also not perfect because
> in most music the tempo is rather a score-context thing than a
> staff-context thing).
> 
> HTH,
> David Boersma
> 
> >
> > Thank you for your help.
> >
> > Thomas
> > 2.2.0
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> >
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> David Boersma
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