Re: Adjusting the position of tempo indications

[Hwaen Ch'uqi]

Greetings David,

Is the command \markLengthOn possibly what you are looking for?

Hwaen Ch'uqi


On 1/14/15, David Sumbler <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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
>
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