Marc, You could definitely use a \new Dynamics for accel/rit, etc. I do that all the time. It will all be italicized unless you specifically \override #'(font-shape . upright)
For the other question, have you tried \consists Metronome_mark_engraver in the StaffGroup? There's definitely a trick, though, because I just tried it, and it put two metronome marks at the top. I am sure this has been fixed before. This snippet has a slightly more powerful option. http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Snippet?id=1010 Cheers, Rick ________________________________ From: lilypond-user <lilypond-user-bounces+rick.kimpel=outlook....@gnu.org> on behalf of Marc Evanstein (formerly Evans) <m...@marcevanstein.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 11:59 AM To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Orchestra Tempo Staff? Hi everyone, I'm currently trying to engrave an orchestra piece, and am unclear about the best way to work with metronome marks, accelerandi, ritardandi and other tempo markings. The basic issue is that in the score I would like tempo markings to appear at the top as well as above the strings, and that I'd also like to keep all the marks at the same vertical level. I'm wondering if maybe the marks need to in some way occupy their own "staff", similar to a separate dynamics staff, except not containing dynamics? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! It feels like maybe I'm missing something obvious. Thanks, Marc -- Marc Evanstein (formerly Evans) PhD Candidate in Music Composition at UCSB Stanford BA '10, Music; MA '11, Music, Science and Technology www.marcevansmusic.com<http://www.marcevansmusic.com>
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