Metronome marks with parentheses
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When you use the \tempo command, you can add a metronome mark to it. If you want just the metronome mark, leave out the tempo name. This gives you a metronome mark without parentheses. If you want the parentheses around the metronome mark, use an empty string "" for the tempo name.
\version "2.26"
{
\tempo "Allegro" 4 = 132
c'1 1
\tempo 4 = 100
1
\tempo "" 4 = 120
1
}