Tempo popover

The following tables contain examples of what you can enter into the tempo popover to input tempo marks, tempo equations, and rhythmic feels for swing playback.

When you start entering a tempo into the tempo popover, a menu appears with suggestions containing the letters/words you enter. You can select 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 when either an item is selected or the caret is active:

  • Press Shift-T.

  • Select an existing tempo mark and press Return.

  • Choose Write > Create Tempo.

The icon on the left-hand side of the popover matches the corresponding button in the Notations toolbox on the right of the window.

Figure: Tempo popover with an example entry

Figure: Tempo button in the Notations toolbox
Table 1. Tempo marks

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

= 30

w = 30, w=30, 8 = 30, or 8=30

= 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

x=240, x = 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
Table 2. Tempo equations

Tempo equation

Popover entry

=  

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

=

q = e, q=e, 6 = 5, or 6=5

This list is not comprehensive as you can enter tempos freely and there are many possible metronome marks, tempo marks, and tempo equations. 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.

Table 3. Rhythmic feels for swing playback

Rhythmic feel

Popover entry

Light swing rhythmic feel

light swing

Medium swing rhythmic feel

medium swing

Heavy swing rhythmic feel

heavy swing

Straight rhythmic feel

straight

Triplet 8th fixed rhythmic feel

2:1 swing (fixed)

Dotted 8th-16th fixed rhythmic feel

3:1 swing (fixed)