Parenthesizing tempo marks

You can show individual absolute tempo marks in parentheses; for example, to indicate metronome marks that are suggestions.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing Graphic Editing button is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

Procedure

  1. Select the absolute tempo marks you want to parenthesize. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate Parenthesized in the Tempo group.

Result

The selected tempo marks are shown in parentheses.

  • When only either tempo text or metronome marks are shown, the visible component is parenthesized.

  • When both tempo text and metronome marks are shown, metronome marks are parenthesized.