On 28/09/2021 10:02:24, "Peter Toye" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I want to change the "=" to "~" or "ca." in a metronome mark but I
>can't see how to do it. There's a 'stencil' property but I assume that
>refers to the entire MM and not the equals sign. Can someone please
>help?
You can use arbitrary markup in a \tempo directive. For instance, in my
current work I have this (because I wanted no brackets and a smaller
note symbol):
\tempo \markup {\bold "Leggero "
\teeny \general-align #Y #DOWN \note {4.} #1
\medium "= 126"}
Change the literal = to ~ and you're there.
Paul