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.

Procedure

  1. Select the absolute tempo marks you want to parenthesize.
  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.