Re: Allegro

[Xavier Scheuer]

Hi,

2009/12/22 Athanasius Pelletier <address@hidden>:
> How do I change the meter (Andante, Allegro) in the middle of a song?

\tempo "Andante", \tempo "Allegro"

See the "Notation Reference" manual, section 1.6.3 "Metronome marks".
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Writing-parts.html#Metronome-marks


> Also how do I add ritardando?

Notation Reference, 1.8.1 "Text spanners".

\override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = "rit."
b1\startTextSpan
e,\stopTextSpan

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Writing-text.html#Text-spanners


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Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>