Of course, I can write literally anything into the text field. My question is more about what would be good practice.
Let me describe my “problem” another way:
Pieces in the feel of a Vienna Waltz can be considered as a really fast 3/4 meter, you would have a tempo of around q = 200 which would be clearly marked as “Presto”.
You can however notate them as 6/8 or even 12/8 which is basically grouping 2 or 4 of these fast 3/4 bars into one long bar, the shift from quarter notes to 8th notes makes it easy legible as now the three-note groups (that used to be the 3 quarter notes of one bar) will now be beamed together.
As we count dotted quarters in compound meters the metronome would go down to 1/3 (around q. = 66), but as the music and feel would stay the same I still would consider it “Presto”.
So would it be good practice to notate a waltz-ish tune in 6/8 and indicate “Presto, q. = 66” ?
A related thing would be:
4/4 at Tempo 200 would be considered “Presto”, but you normally would notate it in cut time, meaning we now count half notes, so the “beat” is now 100. 100 on the traditional scale would be “Moderato”, but I am pretty sure that most composers would indicate “Presto” anyway, right?