Tempo

\accelerando


Description

Name Variants Type Notation element
\accelerando \accel
\accelBegin \accelEnd
R accelerando marks

Parameters

Name Type Description Default value Optional
before string a string placed before 'accel.' none true
after string a string placed after the accel range none true
dx2 unit displacement of the right anchor point 0 true
Supports font parameters
  • before and after ara arbitrary strings that may contain a marker for note duration in the form "[n/d]" where 'n' and 'd' are integers. The corresponding mark is decoded as a note duration and replaced with the corresponding note symbol.
    Example: before="[1/4] = 80"

See the Tempo example.


\ritardando


Description

Name Variants Type Notation element
\ritardando \rit
\ritBegin \ritEnd
R ritardando marks

Works similarly to \accelerando

Parameters

Name Type Description Default value Optional
before string a string placed before 'accel.' none true
after string a string placed after the accel range none true
dx2 unit displacement of the right anchor point 0 true
Supports font parameters
  • before and after ara arbitrary strings that may contain a marker for note duration in the form "[n/d]" where 'n' and 'd' are integers. The corresponding mark is decoded as a note duration and replaced with the corresponding note symbol.
    Example: before="[1/4] = 80"

See the Tempo example.
See the Lutkin example.


\tempo


Description

Name Variants Type Notation element
\tempo P a tempo mark

Parameters

Name Type Description Default value Optional
tempo string a tempo string none false
bpm string none true
Supports font parameters
  • tempo is an arbitrary string that may contain a marker for note duration in the form "[n/d]" where 'n' and 'd' are integers. The corresponding mark is decoded as a note duration and replaced with the corresponding note symbol.
    Example: "Andante [1/4] = 80"

See the Tempo example.
See the Lutkin example.