Re: Hi! New user here!

[Paul Scott]

chip wrote:

> Hi. I just started using Lilypad a day or two ago, on FreeBSD 
> platform. Maybe I can finally make the move away from XP, I hope I 
> hope I hope. :-)

Welcome!

> Anyway, On my first song I want to add a tempo making at the beginning 
> of the piece, a word like Brightly, Andante, Med. Swing, etc. So far I 
> have only found the header poet that will put these in the correct 
> spot. Is there a more proper way to do this?

With \markup.  See Notation Manual/Tuning Output/Text Markup in the manual.

music = \notes{ bf4^\markup{ Allegro } ... }

Paul Scott

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