On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 8:06 AM Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> wrote:
> So the first question is how do I get the two notes closer. I've attached
> the LilyPond source and a screenshot of my attempts.
>
>
> You can do
>
> \rhythm {
> \override Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment = 0.5
> 4.~ 4
> }
>
>
> Secondly, what's the best way to get the MIDI to play at the correct
> tempo? I'd like to do something like \tempo 5*8 = 69 but of course that
> doesn't work. Right now I have \tempo 8 = 345, which is 69 times five but
> is that the best way to do it?
>
>
> I actually don't see any technical reason why \tempo 8*5 = 69 should be
> rejected. (I just tested the parser change and it didn't seem to cause
> trouble).
>
> Anyway, this works:
>
> \tempo $#{ 8*5 #} = 70
>
Thanks Jean, those solutions work great.
