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tempo (metronome) marks with approximation sign

…to display an approximation sign in your (numeric) tempo marks, or if you want to display the tempo number in a different color, or if you want to hide the parentheses in your combined tempo mark (both name and number), this example demonstrates …

…to ''≈''") (tempoNumberColor ,list? "alternate color, in which the tempo value should be displayed"))) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % END of my personal … …set Score.metronomeMarkFormatter = #format-metronome-markup \override TextScript.outside-staff-priority = #1000 \tempo "Tempo I" 4 = 80 c'^" "_\markup \column { "\\set Score.…

Extending Tempo

The Tempo marking may include a markup to create a more complex marking indicating tempo for more complex rythms.

% Create a more complex Tempo marking % The markup-command can be used to create a non standard Tempo % Be aware that this Tempo does not have influence on a MIDI-export \relative c'' { \tempo \markup { \concat { \bold "Andante appasionata " "(" \lower #-0.5 \…

Changing the tempo without a metronome mark

To change the tempo in MIDI output without printing anything, make the …

\score { \new Staff \relative c' { \tempo 4 = 160 c4 e g b c4 b d c \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 96 d,4 fis a cis d4 …

Broken TextSpan for gradual tempo changes on page turns

If you have a tempo change like a ritenuto or accelerando over a … …for band. See Gould, Behind Bars: "Indicating continuing tempo change", page 185.

…poco rit.)" \override TextSpanner.bound-details.right.text = "a tempo" } \relative c'' { \orderYouSeeThis e\startTextSpan e e e |\…

…property tempoEquationText. change the default - sign between tempo values (e.g. 100-120) to, say, 100~120, … …tempoHideParenthesis as true. change the color of the tempo value, you can use the property tempoNumberColor. This …

…tempoEquationText: text to be put between note and tempo value(s) % Default: "=" % - tempoBetweenText: text to be … …set Score.metronomeMarkFormatter = #format-metronome-markup \override TextScript.outside-staff-priority = #1000 \tempo "Tempo I" 4 = 80 c'^" "_\markup \column { "\\set Score.…

tempo mark Scheme function

This is a Scheme function which prints a tempo mark such as Fast (♩ = 222)

Where you have one tempo going to another tempo, and the second tempo has the pulse of a tuplet. This can …

…e } e e | \override Score.MetronomeMark.padding = 3 \tempo \tupletToSixteenth \time 4/4 \numericTimeSignature e16_> e e …

…the new built-in \rhythm markup command, e.g., \tempo \markup { Swing \rhythm { 8[ 8] } = \rhythm { \tuplet 3/…

…may replace `TextMark' with `MetronomeMark' and %% \textMark with \tempo. %% %% Some adjustments are applied, see inline comments, in …

…markup mode, but they will not change the tempo in MIDI output.

\relative c' { \tempo \markup { \concat { ( \smaller \general-align #Y #DOWN \note {16.} …

…idea of outlining is to practice passages at tempo from the very start by omitting most of …

…clef treble \key d \minor \time 4/4 \tempo "" 4 = 20 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Violin" \set …