%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=234 tempoMark = #(define-music-function (prependText notevalue appendText) (string? ly:duration? string?) #{ \mark \markup { \line { $prependText " (" \fontsize #-2 \general-align #Y #DOWN \note #notevalue #1 $appendText ) } } #}) theMusic = { \once \override Score.RehearsalMark.self-alignment-X = #-1 \time 4/4 \tempoMark "Fast" 4 "= 220-222" s1 } \score { \theMusic }