Re: Metronome marks above piano staff of vocal score?

[Malte Meyn]

Am 09.07.19 um 18:52 schrieb Steven Smith:
> Is there a a way to have the metronome mark created by "\tempo 4=80" 
> appear next to the piano staff as well as above the top staff of a 
> SATB/Piano score? My research indicates that this placement is fairly 
> common in choral pieces. Also, some submission typesetting guidelines of 
> various contest suggest that metronome marks appear above certain staff 
> groups in orchestral scores (top of score,string section, percussion, etc).

Hi Steven,

the version 2.21.0 that will hopefully be released soon, fixes a bug 
that used to hinder an easy solution. Here is that solution:

\version "2.21.0"

\layout {
  % Depending on score layout, that engraver
  % should be added to the ChoirStaff context
  % as well and removed from the Score context.
  % If you want it only for some PianoStaves/StaffGroups/…,
  % you can use the \consists command in the respective
  % \with blocks.
  \context {
    \PianoStaff
    \consists Metronome_mark_engraver
  }
}

<<
  \new ChoirStaff <<
    \new Staff \with { vocalName = "Soprano" } { R1 }
    \new Staff \with { vocalName = "Alto" } { R1 }
    \new Staff \with { vocalName = "Tenor" } { \clef "treble_8" R1 }
    \new Staff \with { vocalName = "Bass" } { \clef bass R1 }
  >>
  \new PianoStaff \with { instrumentName = "Piano" } <<
    \new Staff { \tempo 4 = 80 R1 }
    \new Staff { \clef bass R1 }
  >>
>>