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Metronome marks with more options

If you need, in metronome marks: change the default = sign to other symbol, … …the property tempoBetweenText. hide the default parenthesis in metronome marks, you can set the property tempoHideParenthesis as … …tempoNumberColor. This snippet also changes the size of metronome marks: the text (e.g., Allegro) is a …

%% % Metronome markup formatter, with more options than the Lilypond % … …metronome markup") (tempoBetweenText ,string? "initially ''-'' in the metronome markup") (tempoNumberColor ,list? "alternate color, in which the … …Score.metronomeMarkFormatter = #format-metronome-markup" "(which is LILYPOND's default Metronome Mark Formatter)" } \bar "|." } \header { piece = \markup \column { "»Score.…

Adding metronome ticks to a piece of music

…need to produce a piece of music with metronome ticks, optionally only in the midi, you can …

…example to produce a piece of music with metronome ticks. % The metronome ticks will (optionally) only be included in the … …c2 g | c g | f1 | c2 g | } % Create metronome ticks. This example assumes 4/4 . ticktock = \drummode { % …

Printing metronome and rehearsal marks below the staff

By default, metronome and rehearsal marks are printed above the staff. …

\layout { indent = 0 ragged-right = ##f } { % Metronome marks below the staff \override Score.MetronomeMark.direction = …

tempo (metronome) marks with approximation sign

…x)) `((tempoHideParenthesis ,boolean? "Hide the parenthesis around the metronome markup with text") (tempoEquationText ,string? "initially ''='' in the metronome markup, but here the default is altered to ''≈''") (… …Score.metronomeMarkFormatter = #format-metronome-markup" "(which is LILYPOND's default Metronome Mark Formatter)" } \bar "|." } \header { piece = \markup \column { "»Score.…

Distancing the metronome sign

…re not happy with the distance of the metronome sign from the score, you can alter its …

Changing the tempo without a metronome mark

…in MIDI output without printing anything, make the metronome mark invisible.

Creating metronome marks in markup mode

New metronome marks can be created in markup mode, but …

…a custom MarkLine context which will display all metronome and rehearsal marks and may be inserted anywhere …

…consists Axis_group_engraver \consists Mark_engraver \consists Metronome_mark_engraver \consists Staff_collecting_engraver \override RehearsalMark.… …stretchability . 3)) } \context { \Score \remove Mark_engraver \remove Metronome_mark_engraver \remove Staff_collecting_engraver \accepts MarkLine } } }

…remove "Tempo_performer" \remove "Repeat_acknowledge_engraver" \remove "Metronome_mark_engraver" % \remove "Parenthesis_engraver" % optional \remove "Bar_… …consists "Tempo_performer" \consists "Repeat_acknowledge_engraver" \consists "Metronome_mark_engraver" % \consists "Parenthesis_engraver" % optional \consists "Bar_…

…consists Axis_group_engraver \consists Mark_engraver \consists Metronome_mark_engraver \consists Staff_collecting_engraver \override VerticalAxisGroup.… …together_engraver } \context { \Score \remove Mark_engraver \remove Metronome_mark_engraver \remove Staff_collecting_engraver } } \score { << \new …