Re: metronome mark problems

[Mats Bengtsson]

Edward Sanford Sutton, III wrote:
> On Monday March 29 2004 04:00, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
>
> > You can do this with \markup today, see the mailing list
> > archives, for example
> > http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2003-12/msg00013.html
>
>
>   It isn't so much of wether or not I can, but rather that I have to if I want 
> to place it right. I usually just use \tempo because it already goes where it 
> should, is small enough to generally not cause collision problems for me, and 
> I still have not been able to figure out what property the padding applies to 
> (I know, it's waiting for me in the e-mail archives).
>   In any case, tempo expressions are, in my experiences, very common; I can't 
> seem to recall the manual explaining the right way to fully typeset these. 
> Examples of some control are scattered about the manual, but most musicians I 
> know would be completely clueless about what professionals do.

Agreed!

>   The important thing right now is that LilyPond does have a way that I can 
> make things look right (or however I desire) so thank you again.
>   Since you are always so helpful Mats, do you have suggested readings to try 
> to help me straighten out my sense of the various object types; I seem to mix 
> them up horribly anymore.  =(

Han-Wen and Jan have recently rewritten the section "Changing defaults"
in the manual and are eagerly waiting for positive and negative
feedback.

   /Mats