Re: Metronome Markings

[Mats Bengtsson]

Paul Scott wrote:
> Aaron Dalton wrote:
>
> > Try as I might, I cannot get a tempo marking to appear at the 
> > beginning of my piece.  I use versions 2.2.2 and 2.2.5.  I am 
> > referring to section 3.7.4 of the documentation.  No matter where I 
> > put the "\tempo 4 = 144" line, I cannot get it to appear on the 
> > score.  Below is an excerpt of my score.  The ***** are places I have 
> > tried to put the \tempo command to no avail.  Any assistance would be 
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Aaron
> >
> > upper = \notes \relative f'' {
> >     ***** f1
> > }
> >
> > lower = \notes \relative f' {
> >     ***** f1
> > }
> It's a bug.  It will work in most of the places you tried if you also add:
>
> ^\markup{ " " }
>
> at the same place.

As Erik has already pointed out, no metronome markings at all are
printed in version 2.2.5, but they should work for example with 2.2.2
and with newer versions. I think the bug Paul refers to is not relevant
here. Wasn't that related to scores that started with full bar rests?

    /Mats