Re: Adjusting the position of tempo indications

[David Sumbler]

On Mon, 2015-01-12 at 23:17 +0100, Thomas Morley wrote:
> 2015-01-12 22:37 GMT+01:00 David Sumbler <address@hidden>:
> > The default position of tempo indications is, to my eye, rather too
> > close to whatever is beneath them, be it a stave, a note or a slur.
> >
> > I have tried experimenting with
> >
> > \override TextScript #'padding = #4
> >
> > and
> >
> > \override TextScript.padding = #4
> >
> > (I was unsure of the syntax) just to see if I can get my tempo markings
> > to move, but neither of these works.
> >
> > How can I get tempo markings to be placed higher?
> >
> > Also, occasionally I have two such markings quite close together
> > horizontally.  How can I get them both to be placed at the same level,
> > even if this means that one of them has more than my default level of
> > space beneath it?
> >
> > David
> 
> 
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> please provide a minimal example, including a version-statement.
> 
> Cheers,
>   Harm

Dominic pointed out that I should have used"MetronomeMark", not
"TextScript", so I have corrected this.

\version "2.18.0"

topLine = {
    \relative c'' {
        \tempo "Tempo 1" c2 c |
        \tempo "Tempo 2" c'4( g c,2) |
        \tempo "Tempo 3" f8 c g c, c'2 |
    }
}

bottomLine = {
    \relative c'' {
        \tempo "Tempo 1" c1 |
        \tempo "Tempo 2" c1 |
        \tempo "Tempo 3" c1 |
    }
}

\score {
    \new StaffGroup <<
        \override Score.MetronomeMark.padding = #2
        \topLine
        \bottomLine
    >>
    }

In the above, "Tempo 1" appears where I want it, but "Tempo 2" and
"Tempo 3" are respectively too close to the slur and the beam.

Also, sometimes I have 2 successive markings which come close together
but which nevertheless have to be anchored to different points in the
music.  It would be useful to have these appearing at the same height as
each other, even though the clearance beneath one of them might be more
than it would need if it appeared on it's own.  Is there any way of
achieving this, other than tweaking each individual case in each
individual part?

David