Tempo popover

The table shows examples of what to enter into the tempo popover, and the tempo marks that are input into the music as a result.

When you start entering a tempo into the tempo popover, a menu appears that shows suggested tempos containing the letters or words you enter. You can choose one of these suggestions to input, or enter your own tempo into the popover.

You can open the tempo popover in Write mode in any of the following ways:

  • Press Shift-T.

  • Choose Write > Create Tempo.


Example tempo mark

Popover entry

Adagio

Adagio

Presto = 176

Presto q = 176 or Presto q=176

Largo ( = 52)

Largo (q = 52) or Largo (q=52)

= 96-112

q = 96-112, q=96-112, 6 = 96-112, or 6=96-112

= 84

q. = 84, q.=84, 6. = 84, or 6.=84

= 60

h = 60, h=60, 7 = 60, or 7=60

= 120

e = 120, e=120, 5 = 120, or 5=120

 = 90

e. = 90, e.=90, 5. = 90, or 5.=90

= 240

4=240 or 4 = 240

rit.

rit. or rit

accel.

accel. or accel

più

più or piu

meno

meno

Faster, with energy

Faster, with energy


This list is not comprehensive as you can enter tempos freely. It is intended to illustrate how you can structure your entry to input different types of tempo marks and metronome marks.

Note

The tempo popover is case-sensitive. If you want your tempo mark to start with a capital letter, you must enter a capital letter into the popover.