RE: how to write an extended dim and cresc (text, not hairpins) ,like a trillSpan?

[Mogens Lemvig Hansen]

Isn’t that exactly what Lilypond’s \cresc does?  Just don’t redefine it.

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-attached-to-notes#index-_005ccresc

 

Regards,

Mogens

 

 

From: Kenneth Wolcott
Sent: August 7, 2021 14:15
To: Lily Pond
Subject: how to write an extended dim and cresc (text, not hairpins) ,like a trillSpan?

 

Hi;

 

How to write an extended dim and cresc (text, not hairpins) ,like a trillSpan?

 

I have attached screenshots of the original music I am transcribing

from to show what I am trying to engrave.

 

I have the following macros defined:

 

cresc = _\markup \italic "cresc."

dimin = _\markup \italic "dimin."

 

I tried adding a dash to the end of the quoted text in each macro.  I

got an error that there was no terminating of the macro (I don't

remember the text text of the error message).

 

Where do I look in the manual for this long extension (span?) of the

expressive mark?

 

Thanks,

Ken Wolcott

 

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