Re: Performance indications

[Mats Bengtsson]

Sorry, my fingers slipped so I sent a half finished answer

> > ...

> If you take a look at the bottom of the file in the \score{...}
> declaration, you'll notice that the \tempi identifier isn't 
> used. If you uncomment the commented line and comment the 
> next line, you'll get a version of the score with the tempo
> indication included. In the same way you can include the
> \tempi identifier in the separate parts.
> 
> In general, this is the way I usually treat the problem.
> If you want a different font on the tempo indications compared
> to the other text scripts in the score, it's convenient to 
> define a separate Voice context for the tempo indications, 
> for example:

tempi = context Voice = tempi \notes{
\property Voice.TextScript \override #'font-relative-size ÿ1
\property Voice.TextScript \override #'padding ÿ4

\time 4/4
s1*20^"Vivace" | % Print Vivace, skip the next 20 bars waiting
s1*10^"Largo" | % for the next tempo indication.
s2. s4^"Fine" |
\time 3/4 | 
s2.*20 | 
s2 s4^"da capo al Fine"
}

> > Such a capability should also include the potential for changes, such as 
> > a section in a new tempo. In the "global" list I guess it would appear 
> > as a \skip.

You could use \skip or 's' as in the example above.

   /Mats