Re: hairpins ending at line break (or bar line)

[Paul Scott]

Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote:

> [ Mac OS X 10.2.8;  Lilypond 2.0.1 ]
>
>
> Hello, all --
>
> Just wondering if there's a way to force a dynamic to be the length of 
> the note it is "attached to", but not to go over the (bar-)line if a 
> break occurs at that point.
>
> Here is an example (from Igor Engraver):
>
>
> Problem is (with Lilypond), when I attach the \! to the last note on 
> the system, the hairpin ends vertically aligned with that note (not 
> what I want); when I attach it to the first line in the next measure, 
> the hairpin "breaks" over the system break (as it should, but also not 
> what I want).
>
> I suppose I could have a second voice with some hidden/skipped notes 
> and attach the dynamics to that, but if there's an easier way, I'd 
> like to know about it.

I think that's it right now.  Something like:

<< { a1 } { s2..\< s8\! } >> 

You just have to adjust the s values to get what you need.

Paul Scott