Re: MetronomeMark alignment (once again)!

[Carl Sorensen]

On 5/7/10 3:35 PM, "Neil Puttock" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> I only have Gardner Read to hand, and he says the following:
> 
> "The initial letter of the term (usually a capital) customarily is
> aligned over the meter signature, or<if none is present<over the first
> notational element of the measure, such as noteheads, accidentals,
> repeat signs, and so on."

Ross says

" The tempo marking is put slightly above the top staff. The left side of
the first letter in the marking is vertically aligned with the left side of
the time signature."


Stone says:
"[Tempo indications] are placed above the music."

Stone does give some specific rules about showing equivalent durations when
time signature changes (and Read uses a practice that doesn't follow Stone).

I'd guess that there aren't well-defined standards here.

Thanks,

Carl