Hi;

  I figured out how to get the formatting of the "a tempo" and "rall."
merged with the text spanning; but I still can't seem to figure out
how to get the "a tempo" to be above the ottava marking.

  Updated screenshot attached.

  Attached full Lilypond code as well.

Thanks,
Ken

On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 5:05 PM Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi;
>
>   I know how to generate a bold and large "rall." and "a tempo".
>
>   I know how to get a text span.
>
>   How to merge these two concepts?
>
>   Also I need to put the "a tempo" above the ottava.
>
>   I think I now how to do that in a more simple context, but I'm
> struggling here.
>
>   I have attached two screenshots.
>
>   The example is the music I'm trying to engrave from while the other
> screenshot is what I've asked Lilypond to do,
>
> I have enclosed below an excerpt of my Lilypond code.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Ken Wolcott
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \version "2.22.0"
> ...
>   \language "english"
> ...
> a_tempo = ^\markup { \bold "A tempo" }
> rall = ^\markup { \bold "rall." }
> rit = ^\markup { \bold "rit." }
> ...
> %\break
>   bf'4. \( g'8 af' g' f' ef'                             | % m18
>   \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "rall."
>   g'4 bf8 c'\startTextSpan ef'2 \)                       | % m19
>   f'8 \( g' ef''8. c''16 bf'8.\fermata c''16 ef'8. f'16  | % m20
>   g'4 g'8 f' ef'2\stopTextSpan \)                        | % m21
> %\break
>   \ottava 1
>     \transpose c c' {
>     \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "a tempo"
>     \grace { af'16\startTextSpan } g'8 \( f' g' bf' bf' g'' g''4 \)  | % m22
>     c''8 \( af'' ef'' f'' g''4\stopTextSpan \) r                     | % m23
>   }
>   \ottava 0
>   f''8\rall \( g'' ef''' c''' bf'' c'' ef'' f''                    | % m24
>   g''4 g''8 f'' <g' ef''>4 \) s                                    | % m25
>   \bar "|."
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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