Re: Tempo mark

[David Boersma]

On Fri, 7 May 2004, Thomas Scharkowski wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I would like to add a metronome mark to the following:
> ^\markup \large \bold {\hspace #-4.0 {Adagio}}
>
> to get something like:
> Adagio (4=108) (4 should be replaced by a note)
>
> I have tried to find out how to move the metronome mark produced by
> "\tempo 4 = 108" vertically and/or horizontally, but with no success.

It seems you are trying to attach this as some kind of markup to a note.
In the manual:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.2/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Metronome-marks.html#Metronome%20marks
... it seems that it should be entered as just before the note for which
you want to impose this tempo indication, not attached as markup to
anything. Click on the image to see the lilycode.

BTW: I would expect the metronome marks to be mentioned in the Tutorial
under 'Basic rhythmical commands' and/or 'Time signature' in the tutorial
(either directly, or as a link in the "For more information on").
Graphically it may be markup, but musically it is a very basic property
and not just some articulation.

I found it now by clicking in the tutorial on 'Adding articulation marks
to notes', then on 'For more information on Articulations', then on "Up:
expressive marks" and then "metronome marks". So somewhere in that erratic
click-trip I jumped from the Tutorial to the Notation Manual. I am
surprised that it is grouped under "Expressive marks" there; I would
expect it maybe under "Staff notation" (which is also not perfect because
in most music the tempo is rather a score-context thing than a
staff-context thing).

HTH,
David Boersma

>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Thomas
> 2.2.0
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