Re: Tempo sliding over key signature changes

[Xavier Scheuer]

On 18 December 2012 19:47, address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> My minimal example below functions quite nicely w/ the placement of
> tempos but my example from a score (see attached image) has the
> tempo sliding over the key signature changes.  Does anyone have
> intuition about where this discrepancy could come from?

Hi Mike,

Do you use a context specific to your MetronomeMark
(+ RehearsalMark) in your score?

Then the reason could be have been given by Kieren today
(thread ""what's the most "efficient" way of doing this?"):

On 18 December 2012 00:08, Kieren MacMillan
>
> Well, for example the very first tempo indication should be
> left-aligned with the time signature.
> Lilypond does this [correctly] when the mark is in the Staff context
> containing the time signature, but doesn't when the mark is placed
> in a separate context.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2012-12/msg00558.html

and the solution given by Thomas:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2012-12/msg00107.html

Note that there is also an open issue (Bounty!) concerning
MetronomeMark alignment:
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1276

Cheers,
Xavier

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Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>