I've attached the snippet I use for metric modulation markings. Hopefully
others find it useful.

To use it you would write something like:

\metricMark { \tuplet 3/2 { r8*2 c8 } } { c16 r16*3 } "Più tranquillo" #108

FYI – there are some issues with spacing if the marking is at a line break.

On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 2:48 PM Ld2020 <ldavid...@scu.edu> wrote:

> I am notating some rhythms that use metric modulations (a.k.a. tempo
> modulations).
>
> I am indicating that a triplet quarter becomes the new quarter note.
> What I want is a single quarter note with a triplet mark over it (3
> and a bracket, spaced in such a way as to make it obvious this is one
> third of a triplet)
> = quarter note. That is hard to describe in words, so here is a link
> to a page with a graphical example of what I'm talking about:
> https://forum.makemusic.com/default.aspx?f=6&m=332470
>
> Currently, I can't find a way to do this in Lilypond, so am doing this
> instead:
>
> \version "2.18.2"
> \relative c {
> \new RhythmicStaff {
> \time 2/2
>  \tempo "Grandioso" 2 = 48
>
> c4 c c c |
> \tuplet 3/2 {c4 c c } c2 |
>
> \tempo \markup { \concat { (
> "triplet "
> %I want an actual triplet here, not the word triplet
>         \smaller \general-align #Y #DOWN \note #"4" #1
> " = "
>         \smaller \general-align #Y #DOWN \note #"4" #1 " = " 144 ) }}
> c4 c4 c4 c |
> c8 c8 c4 c2 |
> } }
>
> Any tips would be vastly appreciated.
>
> Thank you so much.
>
>
>
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