Thanks for the quick and helpful response, Jean!
All the best,
Ralph
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Ralph Palmer
Seattle
USA
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palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com
On Sat, Mar 4, 2023 at 10:29 AM Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> wrote:
> Le samedi 04 mars 2023 à 10:16 -0800, Ralph Palmer a écrit :
>
> Greetings -
>
> I'm running LilyPond 2.24.0 under Frescobaldi 3.2 and Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS.
>
> I'm trying to get a tempo indication similar to the included screenshot (I
> couldn't figure out how to include the screenshot as an attachment -
> sorry). My problem is the "c." I looked at the documentation and at the
> archives. I tried multiple ways, but either the 1/4 note comes out as the
> fraction 1/4 or LilyPond rejects the "c.". I also tried using a tilde ("~")
> instead of "=c.", but no joy. It's not a huge deal, but if someone could
> point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it.
>
> \version "2.24.1"
>
> \fixed c' {
> \tempo \markup { Simple, flowing ( \hspace #-0.4 \rhythm {{4}} = c.76) }
> \time 2/4
> e4\mp( d8 e)
> c8 c( d e)
> }
>
> The \tempo <text> <duration> = <bpm> form doesn't support customizing the
> (note = bpm) part, but you can simply include it into the text as markup.
>
> If you also need that tempo in MIDI output, you can use tags to have a \tempo
> 4 = 76 commands in MIDI and the \tempo \markup ... command in graphical
> output.
>
> Also, note that \rhythm requires extra braces in 2.24 because its
> argument is only one note specified as a simple duration. This quirk has
> been lifted in 2.25.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jean
>
