Dave Phillips wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> I've written a part
in even eight notes, but I want to indicate in
> the metronome marking that the rhythm of the even eighths should be
> played with a swing rhythm, i.e. an eighth-note triplet with a quarter
> note followed by an eighth. In a score the rhythm would be {\times 2/3
> {c'4 c'8}}, and some jazz scores indicate that evenly notated eighths
> should be played with this rhythmic figure.
>
> The Metronome Marks section of the manual (8.2.2 for LP 2.8.4) shows
> how to do what I want, but only for single notes and not at all for
> triplets.
>
> If I've made myself clear, does anyone know how to create the mark I
> need ? In pseudo-LP code it's something like this:
>
> {c'8 c'} = {\times 2/3 {c'4 c'8}}
Actually everything except the triplet bracket is in the manual:
8.2.2
Metronome marks
If there isn't a way to do the triplet bracket I would consider
cosponsoring this feature with you.
Paul
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