Here is my version which I keep in an include file of common definitions
I use:
#(define-markup-command (eqBeat layout props notetypeL notetypeR)
(ly:duration? ly:duration?)
(interpret-markup layout props
(markup
#:tiny #:raise 0.4 (#:note notetypeL up)
#:tiny "="
#:tiny #:raise 0.4 (#:note notetypeR up)
)))
used as
\markup{ \eqBeat {4} {8} }
textMark \markup{ \eqBeat {4} {8} }
I can give you a similar definition which includes a tempo number if you
want.
HTH,
Paul
On 6/8/25 12:26 PM, Hans Aikema wrote:
On 8 Jun 2025, at 20:45, Dirck Nagy <dirckn...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dear Lilypond
I am trying to add a "note value equals note value" in the middle of
a piece.
I would call this a "durational equivalent" or a "beat unit equivalent".
Lilypond must have a different name for it, however, because I can
not find this by searching.
The closest I can find is Lilypond's "/Music Notation inside
Markup",/ which is what i want, but i can not get the code to work.
Cutting and pasting the following from the/Lilypond Notation
Reference/ will work:
^\markup {
\note {4} #1
=
\note-by-number #1 #1 #1.5
}
but i do not understand the syntax. This results in "quarter-note =
dotted-half-note with a long stem".
What do the various # signs control? I get errors whenever i try to
change any of them.
FYI, I am trying to write "half note = half note", and scale it to
about 75% size.
Again, this is to go in the middle of the piece, not in the tempo /
metronome field at the beginning of the piece.
Dirck,
A tempo/ metronome doesn’t have to appear at the beginning of a piece,
it can be perfectly positioned in the middle of a piece like so are
you sure what you’re after is not a tempo marking?
\version "2.24.0"
{
c' c' c' c'
\tempo \markup {
\rhythm { c4 } = \rhythm { c4 }
}
c' c' c' c'
}
Note: I had to add an explicit pitch as lilypond didn’t interpret a
plain 4 as music yielding
error: wrong type for argument 1. Expecting music, found
(ly:make-duration 2)
\rhythm
{ 4 } = \rhythm { 4 }
without it
HTH
