I'm using the following contruction to make metronome markings. I need
to make a metronome marking with a dotted quarter note and have not been
able to figure out how to do it.
quarterStem = \markup \combine
\musicglyph #"flags-stem"
\translate #'(0.0 . 3.5) \musicglyph #"flags-u"
quarterNote = \markup
\override #'(word-space . 0.0)
{ \musicglyph #"noteheads-2"
\translate #'(-0.05 . 0.1) \quarterStem }
I've found a dotted eight contruction but it uses the older scheme
structure. Here it is modified to produce a dotted quarter note but the
dot is too close to the notehead.
#(define note '(columns
(music "noteheads-2" ((kern . -0.1) "flags-stem"))))
#(define quarter-note `(columns ,note ((kern . -0.1)
(music ((raise . 3.5) "flags-u2")))))
#(define dotted-quarter-note
`(columns ,quarter-note (music "dots-dot")))
I would like to use the newer \markup structure. It is more compact and
streamlined. Is it planned to replace the earlier style?