On Wed 16 Nov 2016 at 20:11:48 (-0800), Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote: > The parentheses are not needed in the tempo marking. > > \tempo Andante
They're quotation marks, and they will be needed as soon as you have, for example, "Andante con moto". So I'd keep them even for single words. (Some people may also enjoy the effect produced by their syntax- highlighting editor when they include the quotation marks.) Cheers, David. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
