Metric Modulation and Text

[jschw000]

Regarding metric modulation, I have two questions.

1. How do I prevent the tempo text from automatically going to the time signature? In this case, this causes the text to go on the previous page (as seen), which of course would not be notationally correct. Yes, I could go into engrave mode and drag it over, but that’s not ideal (and I shouldn’t have to do it in the first place).

2. How can I add text to the metric modulation? I am wanting to say “Manic q = q.” However, whenever I enter the text, Dorico recognizes “q = q.” and gets rid of the text.
   

   

[Mark_Johnson]

You can’t make a metric modulation show at the beginning of a system. You’ll have to hide the real one and fake another one with text. Since you want to add text to it, you may want to use the MusGlyphs font anyway.