Re: Metronome Markings

[Paul Scott]

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.

HTH,

Paul Scott