Re: Template: String Quartet (score-only), first draft

[Patrick Horgan]

Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> One thing I'd look into is whether or not the repeated
>
> > \context {
> >     \Score
> >     tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 110 4)
> > }
>
> can be centralized, either through a variable, or via a global command 
> (e.g., at the top of the file).
Thanks!  I had that because all the examples of midi have it.  After 
your suggestion and much RTFM, I found that if I threw it out, and 
instead in my global section at the top I added \tempo 4 = 110 (like this:)

global =  {
       \key f \minor
       \tempo 4 = 110
       \time 4/4
       \skip 1*39  \bar "||"
       \skip 1*13  \bar "||" \time 3/4
       \skip 2.*14 \bar "||" \time 4/4
       \skip 1*8   \bar "|."
}

Not only would it do the same thing, but in addition, I would get tempo 
markings as well!  I never would have thought to look at this without 
your suggestion, thanks:)  Now all my midi sections are just:

\midi { }

and, if I want to hear it at a different tempo, I just have one place to 
change it and all the midi parts change tempo:)  Yea!

Ta,

Patrick