Re: M.M.

[Mats Bengtsson]

You could always typeset the metronome mark manually using
text markup (see the sections on Text Markup and Overview of Markup
Commands in the manual).

Since the function that draws the default layout is implemented in the
Scheme programming language, it's actually also fairly simple to
modify it in your own .ly file, just include something like

#(define-public (my-format-metronome-markup dur count context)
 (let* ((note-mark (make-smaller-markup
                    (make-note-by-number-markup (ly:duration-log dur)
                                                (ly:duration-dot-count dur)
                                                1))))
   (make-line-markup
    (list
     (make-general-align-markup Y DOWN note-mark)
     (make-simple-markup  "=")
     (make-simple-markup (number->string count))))))

\layout{
 \context {
   \Score
   metronomeMarkFormatter = #my-format-metronome-markup
 }
}

at the top of your file and replace the "=" with whatever symbol or
text you wish (if you want a real approximation sign, you may have to
look it up using some character map program and paste it into the file.
In that case, don't forget to save the file in UTF8 format).

  /Mats

Palmer, Ralph wrote:
> Greetings -
>
> Is there any simple way to indicate "approximate" with the M.M. (Maelzel
> or metronome Mark)? For example, using a tilde (~) instead of an equal
> sign (=), or inserting "c." (circa) before the per-minute number?
>
> Thanks for your help, and for all your work on LilyPond. I'm starting to
> get the hang of some of it, now. However, I still have not tried to
> combine instruments into full scores or to do a piano score.
>
> Ralph
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