Re: text crescendo

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> On 7-Mar-05, at 3:43 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> 
> > It seems that the properties are reset at the end of each
> > (de)crescendo, so it seems you have to specify it again
> > every time. However, you can save same key strokes by using the
> > predefined macro \cresc. For example
> > \cresc c d e f \!
> > is equivalent to
> > c \setTextCresc \< d e f \!
> 
> That's useful info, but why is
> \cresc c
> equivalent to
> c \setTextCresc \<
> 
> ?  Why not go with a postfix \cresc?    (thus "\cresc" = "\setTextCresc 
> \<" )

IMO, the hairpin and the cresc - - - are two styles of conveying the
same information, so they should entered with in the same way (" \<
"). Style settings are property settings, which should occur before
the note is started. 

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